Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Airbnb backs OECD approach to digital services tax
LONDON (Reuters) - Home rental startup Airbnb said on Wednesday it supported the development of a digital services tax regime being discussed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developm...
Aug 11, 2020
Defectors say South Korea investigations threaten North Korean ‘Underground Railroad’
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A combination of coronavirus border closures and an unprecedented pressure campaign by a South Korean government keen to engage with North Korea may destroy networks ...
Aug 11, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. ban on TikTok could cut it off from app stores, advertisers – White House document
By Karen Freifeld and Alexandra Alper NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's executive order banning China's TikTok could prevent U.S. app stores from offering the popular short-vide...
Aug 11, 2020
New Zealand PM Ardern says dissolution of parliament deferred
(Reuters) - New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday that the dissolution of parliament to make way for a general election has been deferred until Monday, following the latest COV...
Aug 11, 2020
Britain tightens online campaigning rules to protect elections
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain plans to tighten rules around online campaigning to make political parties and campaigners state more clearly who they are, the government said on Wednesday, seeking to alla...
Aug 11, 2020
Australia’s Victoria has deadliest day of coronavirus pandemic
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria reported on Wednesday its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic with 21 fatalities in the last 24 hours and 410 new daily case...
Aug 11, 2020
Minneapolis police bodycam videos show struggle before Floyd death
(Reuters) - Minneapolis police body-camera videos of George Floyd's fatal arrest showed him begging for an officer to remove a knee from his neck in the moments before his death. A Minnesota judge on ...
Aug 11, 2020
Bougainville’s youth pursue break from bloody past at presidential vote
By Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - Young people in the South Pacific islands of Bougainville are seizing the opportunity to help reshape the future of the autonomous region of Papua New Guinea as ...
Aug 11, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a ‘lie’
By Jake Spring and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a "lie," despite...
Aug 11, 2020
Pac-12 cancels non-conference basketball games
Pac-12 basketball will not include nonconference games this season, the conference said Tuesday. "We know that this is a difficult day for our student-athletes, and our hearts go out to them and their...
Aug 11, 2020
