Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pompeo says fewer than 200 al Qaeda left in Afghanistan today
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that there are fewer than 200 al Qaeda left in Afghanistan today. Pompeo was speaking at an Atlantic Council event. (Reportin...
Sep 15, 2020
Exclusive: Petrobras resumes oil trading with Vitol, Trafigura and Glencore
By Julia Payne and Gram Slattery LONDON/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras has lifted its ban on trading with major commodity traders Vitol, Trafigura and Glencore , in p...
Sep 15, 2020
Algeria upholds conviction of journalist; rights groups fear new crackdown
ALGIERS (Reuters) - An Algerian appeals court upheld the conviction of a journalist on Tuesday in what rights campaigners called a new crackdown on dissent aimed at preventing the revival of mass prot...
Sep 15, 2020
Ring found in mass grave brings closure to Spanish civil war victim’s family
By Juan Medina EL ESPINAR, Spain (Reuters) - A wedding ring worn by her father 84 years ago when he was shot dead by General Francisco Franco's fascist forces finally gave certainty to Rosa Maria Insu...
Sep 15, 2020
U.S. manufacturing production increases in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. factory output increased solidly in August, though momentum is slowing as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on. The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that manufacturing production ...
Sep 15, 2020
At least 24 migrants drowned off Libya: IOM
GENEVA (Reuters) - Two dozen migrants and refugees on board a rubber dinghy trying to cross from Libya to Europe are believed to have drowned after their boat capsized, the UN's International Organiza...
Sep 15, 2020
EY to ‘raise bar’ in spotting fraud after Wirecard accounts scandal
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Global accounting firm EY said on Tuesday it regretted not spotting fraud at German payments company Wirecard sooner and that it would improve how it verifies informati...
Sep 15, 2020
EU to grant Britain temporary euro clearing access until June 2022: sources
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union is expected to grant clearing houses in Britain access to the bloc's market for 18 months from January, industry sources said on Tuesday. Britain left the EU in J...
Sep 15, 2020
As world falls behind on U.N. wildlife targets, bright spots offer hope
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - All the world's governments have fallen short on pledges made a decade ago to protect wildlife, though cases of conservation show that the destruction of nature can...
Sep 15, 2020
BMW to use software from Israel’s Tactile Mobility in vehicles
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's Tactile Mobility said on Tuesday its software will be embedded into the BMW Group's next-generation vehicles beginning in 2021. The collaboration will equip BMW vehicles ...
Sep 15, 2020
