Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Puppet makes cross-Europe trek to support child refugees
GENEVA (Reuters) - A 3.5-metre (11.5 ft)-tall puppet depicting a Syrian refugee girl arrived in Geneva on Tuesday as part of an 8,000-km (4,970-mile) walk across Europe to raise awareness of the pligh...
Sep 28, 2021
EU leaders to discuss soaring energy prices
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Leaders of European Union countries will discuss surging energy prices when they meet next month, as governments scramble to cushion households from the soaring cost...
Sep 28, 2021
UK plans deeper defence ties with Japan in Pacific focus
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it would begin formal negotiations with Japan to deepen their defence relationship, part of a shift in London's strategic focus towards the Indo-Pacific regi...
Sep 28, 2021
Netflix rolls out mobile games to users in select European markets
(Reuters) - Netflix on Tuesday rolled out five mobile gaming titles to its subscribers in select European markets, as part of its efforts to diversify revenue sources amid intensifying competition in ...
Sep 28, 2021
Labour's Starmer calls on UK government to protect key workers
LONDON (Reuters) - Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer accused the government on Tuesday of leading Britain "from crisis to crisis", saying it should offer key workers priority at the petrol pumps t...
Sep 28, 2021
U.S. Senator Cruz vows to block new Democratic debt ceiling ploy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz vowed on Tuesday to block Democrats from obtaining consent to suspend the federal debt ceiling through a simple majority vote. (Reporting by Dav...
Sep 28, 2021
Singapore reports 2,236 COVID-19 cases, its highest ever single-day rise
(Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry reported 2,236 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic. A recent rise in cases after the relaxation of some COVID-19 meas...
Sep 28, 2021
Kazimir: no automatic expansion of bond-buying programme when pandemic stimulus ends -Bloomberg
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The ECB will not automatically expand it Asset Purchase Programme when its 1.85 trillion euro pandemic emergency stimulus scheme ends, ECB policymaker Peter Kazimir told Bloomberg o...
Sep 28, 2021
Stellantis criticised by unions in France over furlough scheme to cushion chip shortage
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) - Two leading trade unions at Stellantis on Tuesday criticised the way the carmaker is implementing a furlough scheme aimed at mitigating the impact of a fall in ou...
Sep 28, 2021
Drug distributors strike 1st opioid settlement with Native American tribe for $75 million
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The three largest U.S. drug distributors will pay more than $75 million to resolve claims they fueled an opioid epidemic in the Cherokee Nation's territory in Oklahoma, mar...
Sep 28, 2021
