Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. urged to restore scrutiny of war crimes in Yemen
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Activist groups called on the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to create a new panel of independent experts to collect and preserve evidence of possible war cr...
Dec 02, 2021
Behavioral tools of pandemic should be applied to climate policy - scientists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lessons learned from the pandemic about shifting people's behavior will be applied to policies to counter climate change and disinformation in the future, leading scientists sai...
Dec 02, 2021
Peru says IMF sees leeway to hike taxes on mining sector -finance ministry
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's finance ministry said on Thursday that International Monetary Fund officials had concluded there is leeway in the country's tax system for a reform to include higher taxes on t...
Dec 02, 2021
Sabres acquire G Malcolm Subban from Blackhawks
The Buffalo Sabres acquired goaltender Malcolm Subban from the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday in exchange for future considerations. Subban, 27, has not played in an NHL game this season and is in the...
Dec 02, 2021
Coyotes deny reports that team is for sale
The Arizona Coyotes are denying a Forbes.com report that claims the franchise is for sale and could relocate to Houston. "This is false," the team said in a statement released Thursday. "Totally false...
Dec 02, 2021
Hot little planet as dense as iron zips around red dwarf star
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have spotted one of the smallest planets ever discovered outside our solar system, a scorching-hot world a bit larger than Mars and just about as dense...
Dec 02, 2021
Germany's Scholz eyes Joachim Nagel as new central bank chief -FT
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz could nominate Joachim Nagel, a top official at the Bank for International Settlements, to become the successor of outgoing Bundesbank Pr...
Dec 02, 2021
Volunteers try to save starving buffalos on Brazil farm where 500 died
By Leonardo Benassatto BROTAS, Brazil (Reuters) - A group of volunteers has been trying to save hundreds of buffalos that police say were abandoned on a Brazil dairy farm, where as many as 500 have al...
Dec 02, 2021
Yellen says mind not made up on U.S. central bank digital currency
By Alessandra Galloni WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday she has not formed a view on whether the Federal Reserve should create a digital version of the dolla...
Dec 02, 2021
Motor racing-Ricciardo turned tattooist after Abiteboul honoured bet
(Reuters) - McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo tattooed a tattooist after former Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul finally honoured a bet from last season and got himself inked. Abiteboul had promised to get a ...
Dec 02, 2021
