Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: How Facebook, Twitter and others are girding for inauguration threats
PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Social media companies are under close scrutiny over their handling of misinformation and threats of violence tied to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday, ...
Jan 20, 2021
Longer German lockdown to weigh on economy but growth seen in second-quarter: economists
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's extended shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus will weigh on Europe's largest economy but not choke it off, with economic institute Ifo forecasting quarterly grow...
Jan 20, 2021
Oxygen from Venezuela arrives in Amazon city for COVID-19 patients
By Bruno Kelly MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - A convoy of five trucks carrying oxygen sent by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived late on Tuesday night in the Brazilian city of Manaus, where hospi...
Jan 20, 2021
43 Africans drown off Libya in first Mediterranean shipwreck of 2021: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 43 West African migrants trying to reach Europe drowned off the coast of Libya on Tuesday, after their boat capsized in rough seas, in the first shipwreck of 2021 in the ce...
Jan 20, 2021
Russia says militant commander linked to 2011 Moscow airport bombing killed in Chechnya
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian forces have killed a Chechen separatist guerrilla commander believed to have been involved in a deadly bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport in 2011, authorities said on We...
Jan 20, 2021
Polish judge, government critic refuses to be questioned by prosecutors
By Alicja Ptak and Kacper Pempel WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish judge critical of the ruling nationalists' judiciary reforms refused to appear for questioning at a prosecutor's office on Wednesday, the l...
Jan 20, 2021
Kroger blocks customer donations to far-right militia group
(Reuters) - U.S. supermarket chain Kroger Co said on Wednesday it had blocked Indiana Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group, from receiving donations collected from customers after drawing flak from...
Jan 20, 2021
Spanish anti-doping agency loses appeal in data protection dispute
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish athletes investigated for doping could have their identities protected after Spain's High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the national anti-doping agency, ruling in...
Jan 20, 2021
Explosion heard in central Madrid
MADRID (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard in central Madrid on Wednesday, several local media including La Sexta TV and El Pais said. La Sexta TV quoted government sources saying it may have been ...
Jan 20, 2021
Italy PM to get backing for deficit hike after surviving coalition ambush
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is set to get broad parliamentary backing for 32 billion euros of extra spending for the COVID-hit economy, lawmakers said, aft...
Jan 20, 2021
