Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU says it can't help Montenegro on China loan but can on financing
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union cannot help EU-hopeful Montenegro repay its debts to China, but can help it complete a highway plan that started with a huge loan from Beiji...
Apr 12, 2021
HSBC bans customers from buying bitcoin-backer MicroStrategy shares
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC has banned customers of its online share-trading platform from buying or moving into their accounts MicroStrategy Inc stock, a message seen by Reuters showed, cal...
Apr 12, 2021
Hamas elects former chief Meshaal to head diaspora office
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal was elected to be head of the Palestinian Islamist group's office in the diaspora, a spokesman said on Monday. Meshaal, 64, who ...
Apr 12, 2021
Judge denies bid to sequester Chauvin jury after police shoot Black man near Minneapolis
By Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The judge in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis policeman charged with George Floyd's deadly arrest last May, denied a defense request on Mond...
Apr 12, 2021
Police kill Black man in Minneapolis suburb, sparking protests near Chauvin trial
By Nicholas Pfosi and Jonathan Allen BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (Reuters) - A police officer in a Minneapolis suburb fatally shot a young Black man during a traffic stop for what his mother said was air f...
Apr 12, 2021
Shirley Williams, co-founder of UK's Social Democratic Party, dies aged 90
LONDON (Reuters) - British politician Shirley Williams, who changed the country's political landscape in 1981 by quitting the Labour Party to co-found the Social Democratic Party, died on Monday aged ...
Apr 12, 2021
U.S., NATO discuss need for Russia to cease military buildup near Ukraine: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg discussed the Russian military buildup near Ukraine and other issues on Monday before the top U.S....
Apr 12, 2021
Factbox: Biden jobs plan includes $50 billion for chips research, manufacturing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure investment package includes $300 billion to boost the struggling U.S. manufacturing sector, including $50 billion for semiconduc...
Apr 12, 2021
Ontario hospitals may have to withhold care as COVID-19 fills ICUs
By Allison Martell and Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Doctors in the Canadian province of Ontario may soon have to decide who can and cannot receive treatment in intensive care as the number ...
Apr 12, 2021
White House says it is prepared to send more COVID-19 therapeutics to Michigan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday it was prepared to send additional therapeutic treatments to the state of Michigan, which is experiencing a troubling number of COVID-19 cases. Wh...
Apr 12, 2021
