Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Seeking better conditions, migrants set up makeshift camp on Spain's Canary Islands
By Borja Suarez LA LAGUNA, Spain (Reuters) - Dozens of migrants have set up a makeshift camp in Spain's Canary Islands, leaving an official, much larger camp where they said they had received poor foo...
Apr 05, 2021
Former GE exec Kekedjian to head Carl Icahn's investment firm
(Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn's investment firm named Aris Kekedjian, a former General Electric Co executive, as its president and chief executive officer on Monday. Kekedjian will replace ...
Apr 05, 2021
Russia says it is in high-level contact with U.S. over Ukraine -Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday it was in high-level contact with the United States about tensions over Ukraine and dismissed fears of a Russian military buildup even as it vowed to respond to...
Apr 05, 2021
Iran arrests an 'Israeli spy, Iranian news website reports
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have arrested an "Israeli spy", an Iranian news website reported on Monday without giving the person's nationality. "An Israeli spy has been arrested in Iran's Ea...
Apr 05, 2021
Jailed Kurdish leader calls on Turkish opposition to unite against Erdogan
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Former pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas, jailed since 2016 despite Western calls for his release, said the Turkish opposition should unite against risi...
Apr 05, 2021
India's Panacea Biotec to produce 100 million Sputnik V doses annually: RDIF
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Indian biotech firm Panacea Biotec Ltd has agreed to produce 100 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine annually, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which mark...
Apr 05, 2021
Minneapolis police chief expected to testify against Chauvin in murder trial over arrest of George Floyd
By Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo could testify as soon as Monday in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin for the deadly arrest of George Floyd, where p...
Apr 05, 2021
Judge accused of corruption was kidnapped and taken back to Ukraine, Moldova says
By Alexander Tanas and Natalia Zinets CHISINAU (Reuters) - A Ukrainian judge who left the country in 2016 facing corruption charges was taken back across the border into Ukraine after being abducted o...
Apr 05, 2021
Japan expresses concerns to China about territorial waters, Hong Kong, Uighur situation
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday expressed strong concerns to his Chinese counterpart about Chinese incursions into territorial waters, the situation in Hong Ko...
Apr 05, 2021
SoftBank to lead nearly $1.2 billion investment in diagnostics firm Invitae
(Reuters) -Invitae Corp said on Monday a group of investors including SoftBank Group Corp will invest $1.15 billion in the U.S. genetic diagnostics company. It said the investment, to be used for its ...
Apr 05, 2021
