Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India's Supreme Court says favours controls on video streaming services
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top court on Thursday said it favoured a screening mechanism for online video streaming services, dominated in the country by Amazon and Netflix and which currently are a...
Mar 04, 2021
Hungary could announce new lockdown measures as new cases hit three-month high
By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary is widely expected to announce further lockdown measures on Thursday after a surge in new coronavirus cases that pose a challenge for Prime Minister Vikto...
Mar 04, 2021
WHO sees resurgence of COVID-19 cases in central, eastern Europe
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in central and eastern Europe as well as a rise of new cases in several western European countries, the head of...
Mar 04, 2021
Curfew and market closures for Nigerian town of kidnapped girls
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Authorities in Nigeria's Zamfara state have declared a curfew and shut market activities after violence marred the return of hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls to their f...
Mar 04, 2021
UK watchdog probing Apple on alleged anti-competitive behaviour
(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator said on Thursday it has opened an investigation on Apple Inc after complaints that the iPhone maker's terms and conditions for app developers are unfair and...
Mar 04, 2021
UK's Sunak will struggle with plan for tax hikes and spending cuts: IFS
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak will probably have to offer concessions to businesses if he wants to be able to implement a big hike in corporation tax that is at the centre of...
Mar 04, 2021
Poland says looser coronavirus restrictions possible in May
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland could loosen coronavirus restrictions in May, provided a third wave of the pandemic peaks between March and April, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Thursday. Poland's...
Mar 04, 2021
Kremlin dismisses U.S. call to destroy its chemical weapons as baseless
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed as baseless and illogical U.S. calls for Russia to destroy its chemicals weapons, saying that Moscow had destroyed them long ago in line with the c...
Mar 04, 2021
Western powers scrap plan for IAEA rebuke of Iran, diplomats say
VIENNA (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany have scrapped a U.S.-backed plan for the International Atomic Energy Agency's board to pass a resolution this week criticising Iran for scaling back coop...
Mar 04, 2021
Germany rejects EU executive call to ease COVID border curbs: letter
By Gabriela Baczynska and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany told the European Union it would uphold its latest border restrictions imposed to curb the spread of new coronavirus variants, snu...
Mar 04, 2021
