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U.N. rights investigator calls for tough sanctions on Myanmar
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar said on Thursday the military there has murdered, beaten and unlawfully arrested protesters since its illegal Feb. 1 coup and...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2021
Thomas Davis, Greg Olsen to retire as Panthers
The Carolina Panthers will host a joint retirement ceremony next week for two former stalwarts of the team. Tight end Greg Olsen and linebacker Thomas Davis will retire as Panthers on March 11. Davis ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2021
Italy postpones mayoral and regional votes due to COVID-19: sources
ROME (Reuters) - Italian municipal and regional elections originally planned for late spring will be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, two government sources said on Thursday, amid signs of a s...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2021
The young Afghan media worker who risked all for women's rights
By Orooj Hakimi, Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) - Last December, Afghan media worker Shahnaz Mohmand rushed to comfort her female colleagues as they reeled in shock after ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2021
Italy's Democratic Party chief Zingaretti resigns, decrying infighting
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Nicola Zingaretti, the head of Italy's centre-left Democratic Party, (PD) announced on Thursday he was quitting as leader and said he was "ashamed" by the party's inf...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2021
Oil production could fall in Permian Basin due to Biden proposal - Dallas Fed report
(Reuters) - Possible changes to oil leasing and permitting requirements governing federal lands could lower oil production in the Permian Basin, a report from the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2021
Syrians struggle with food, fuel shortages after decade of war - Red Cross
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A decade after Syria's conflict began, families struggle more than ever to buy food while ambulances lack fuel to bring wounded and COVID-19 patients to hospita...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2021
Germany agrees to pay operators 2.4 billion euros for nuclear exit - FAZ
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government has agreed to pay nuclear operators 2.4 billion euros in compensation for an early nuclear shutdown after the Fukushima disaster, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Ze...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2021
Volkswagen's Skoda says to cut 2% of admin jobs in 2021
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Volkswagen's Skoda Auto aims to cut 2% of administrative jobs in the Czech Republic in 2021 by not replacing staff who leave rather than through redundancies, the country's largest ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2021
US Senators mulling $30 billion in funding for chip making incentives: congressional source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators are eyeing $30 billion in funding for a package of measures aimed at supercharging the U.S. chipmaking industry that was approved last year, a congressional source...
Thomson Reuters Mar 04, 2021
