Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. human rights boss urges Saudi Arabia to allow free speech, assembly
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, in rare public comments on Saudi Arabia, said on Friday that people were unlawfully held in the kingdom and urged it to uphold f...
Feb 26, 2021
Hungary may have to tighten lockdown as COVID cases jump, PM says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary may have to tighten lockdown curbs as coronavirus infections are expected to rise "drastically" in the next two weeks, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday, as the d...
Feb 26, 2021
Bachelet urges U.S. To find alternatives to mass detention of migrants
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations rights boss Michelle Bachelet on Friday welcomed moves by the Biden administration to combat systemic racism and end the family separation policy for migrants, but ca...
Feb 26, 2021
U.N. rights chief decries violations in China's Xinjiang, hopes for visit
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Friday that China is restricting basic civil and political freedoms in the name of national security and COVID-19 measure...
Feb 26, 2021
China will extend tariff exemptions for 65 U.S. products
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's finance ministry said on Friday that it would extend tariff exemptions for 65 imported products from the United States, including logs and aircraft parts. The extension, ef...
Feb 26, 2021
Tom Holland goes through transformation in opioid crisis movie 'Cherry'
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Tom Holland, best known for playing Spider-Man, went through a physical transformation to play a drug addict war veteran suffering from PTSD in the ne...
Feb 26, 2021
French city Nice's 'Promenade des Anglais' beachfront to close due to COVID restrictions
PARIS (Reuters) - The famed Promenade des Anglais beachside walkway of the French Mediterranean city of Nice will close as part of weekend lockdown measures imposed to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Ni...
Feb 26, 2021
Tech and financials boost $46.2 billion flows into global equity funds: BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors piling into tech and financial stocks helped equity funds attract $46.2 billion in their third-largest inflow on record in the week to Wednesday while inflation linked bon...
Feb 26, 2021
After hellish voyage, pariah cattleship checked by Spanish veterinarians
By Marco Trujillo and Nathan Allen CARTAGENA, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish government veterinarians were on Friday inspecting hundreds of cows crammed aboard a ship that returned to port after months at ...
Feb 26, 2021
U.S. air strikes on Iran-backed militias in Syria kill at least one fighter
By John Davison and Maha El Dahan BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. air strikes against Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria killed at least one fighter and wounded several others in what U.S. officials said ...
Feb 26, 2021
