Author Archives: Syndicated Content
More than 60 LGBT, intersex people killed in Colombia in first eight months of 2020
BOGOTA (Reuters) - At least 63 members of Colombia's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community were killed in the first eight months of this year, the Andean country's human rights om...
Sep 15, 2020
MLB moves World Series into neutral-site bubble
(Reuters) - The World Series will be played in a neutral-site bubble with teams moving into the Texas Rangers new home in Arlington, Texas to avoid potential disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, sa...
Sep 15, 2020
U.N. chief to appoint special envoy to broker peace in Libya
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday asked Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to appoint a special envoy to broker peace in Libya, although Russia and Ch...
Sep 15, 2020
U.S. dollar softness to continue; Euro, yen best placed: PIMCO
By Aaron Saldanha and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar is likely to continue weakening against developed market currencies after the U.S. Federal Reserve's shift to a new monetary po...
Sep 15, 2020
Battle of the battlements – Jerusalem walls used as political canvas
By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The ramparts of Jerusalem, built for battle, were commandeered for a messaging war between Israelis and Palestinians in the build-up to Israel's normalisation ...
Sep 15, 2020
U.S. lawmakers raise questions about proposed Bytedance-Oracle deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers of both major parties voiced skepticism about a proposed deal between Oracle and China's Bytedance that appears to stop short of a full sale of Bytedance's popula...
Sep 15, 2020
Madonna to direct and co-write a movie about her life
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop music superstar Madonna will direct and co-write a movie about her life for Comcast Corp's Universal Pictures, the studio said in a statement on Tuesday. Madonna, 62, will ...
Sep 15, 2020
TikTok to become standalone U.S. company: FT
(Reuters) - ByteDance will place short-video app TikTok's global business in a new US-headquartered company with Oracle Corp investing as a minority shareholder, the Financial times reported https://w...
Sep 15, 2020
Roglic and Pogacar ready for all-Slovenian showdown on brutal climb
By Julien Pretot VILLARD DE LANS, France (Reuters) - Primoz Roglic and Tadej Pogacar are bracing themselves for a day of reckoning on the Tour de France as Wednesday's brutal 17th stage could decide w...
Sep 15, 2020
Exclusive: Britain has moved to break fisheries deadlock in Brexit trade talks – EU sources
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain offered tentative concessions on fisheries in trade talks with the European Union last week, two diplomatic sources told Reuters, just as London was ...
Sep 15, 2020
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