Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis: Iran's Achilles' heel? Security gaps and possible enemy infiltration
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - The killing of Iran's top nuclear scientist has exposed security gaps which suggest its security forces may have been infiltrated and that the Islamic Republic is vu...
Thomson Reuters Dec 01, 2020
Canadian factory activity increases at faster pace in November
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian manufacturing activity expanded for the fifth straight month in November as output and new orders climbed, data showed on Tuesday, but a second wave of the coronavirus pan...
Thomson Reuters Dec 01, 2020
Exclusive: European allies pushed back when Trump sanctioned Iran’s banks
By John O'Donnell and Jonathan Saul FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Germany, France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad, new sanctions against Iran's banks, arg...
Thomson Reuters Dec 01, 2020
'I'm no party boy': One Nobel winner won't miss the pomp at low-key awards
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Spare a thought for this year's Nobel Prize winners. Gone are the ball gowns, white tie and tails, concerts, banquets and adulation that come with arguably the w...
Thomson Reuters Dec 01, 2020
Nasdaq proposes board diversity requirement for listed companies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq Inc on Tuesday filed a proposal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that, if approved, will require all Nasdaq-listed companies to adopt new rules related to b...
Thomson Reuters Dec 01, 2020
Ethiopia war may turn into guerrilla insurgency
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia's nearly month-long war against rebellious northern forces may be transforming into a guerrilla conflict, experts said on Tuesday, even though federal troops d...
Thomson Reuters Dec 01, 2020
Venezuela's Guaido rightful leader despite assembly vote, Chile says
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Juan Guaido will still be Venezuela's legitimate head of state even if he loses his seat as head of the country's parliament on Sunday, Chile's foreign minister sa...
Thomson Reuters Dec 01, 2020
Facebook-backed digital coin Libra renamed Diem in quest for approval
By Anna Irrera and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra has been rebranded "Diem" in a renewed effort to gain regulatory approval by stressing the project's independence....
Thomson Reuters Dec 01, 2020
Brazen gun battle in Brazil bank heist leaves cash scattered on road
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Bank robbers in southern Brazil blasted explosives and fired high-caliber weapons at police late on Monday, in an audacious heist that injured two people and left reams of c...
Thomson Reuters Dec 01, 2020
Friends or foes? Syrian refugees divided on fate of defectors
By Joseph Nasr GERA, Germany (Reuters) - Should former members of the Syrian security forces who have defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government be prosecuted for war crimes, or should they ...
Thomson Reuters Dec 01, 2020
