Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK government under fire for 'brainstorming' remote asylum camps
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - The British government came under fire on Thursday after newspapers revealed it had been studying whether to send asylum seekers to remote locations, ranging from...
Oct 01, 2020
Vatican releases financial figures, says it may have been swindled
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Thursday released its most detailed-ever financial figures and, as it comes under scrutiny by the faithful over financial scandals, said it m...
Oct 01, 2020
Business not responsible for COVID-19 infection rise: German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said the government will do everything it can to prevent renewed closures of shops, businesses and factories amid the coronavirus pandemic. Ri...
Oct 01, 2020
Germany fines H&M 35 million euros for data protection breaches
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's H&M has been fined 35 million euros ($41 million) by the German authorities for internal data security breaches at its customer service centre in Nuremberg, the fashion ...
Oct 01, 2020
Thai hotel seeks deal with guest facing jail over bad reviews
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai island hotel will go into mediation with an American guest who faces up to five years in jail after it filed a criminal compl...
Oct 01, 2020
India says three soldiers killed by Pakistani fire in Kashmir
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Three Indian soldiers were killed on Thursday in what an army spokesman described as an unprovoked firing of weapons by Pakistani forces at the border in t...
Oct 01, 2020
Swedish government faces battle to stay in power as labour talks fail
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's minority government faces a potential rebellion by three small parties that keep it in power over plans to ease rules in the country's rigid labour market. Talks between...
Oct 01, 2020
Big U.S. banks to report profit plunge as pandemic recession takes hold
By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - As big U.S. commercial banks close their books on the third quarter, analysts expect them to report a 30% to 60% plunge in profits on the year-ago period due to the...
Oct 01, 2020
Lebanon to allow hard-hit students abroad to get dollars from home
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese parliament has passed a law allowing students abroad to transfer $10,000 out of Lebanon at an official exchange rate far below the street rate, a move to help those str...
Oct 01, 2020
Mexico, plagued by cartel wars, on cusp of legal cannabis 'green rush'
By Drazen Jorgic MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - For Guillermo Nieto, a Mexican businessman who grew up smoking pot, the cannabis greenhouse on his family's vast farmlands in Guanajuato state is part of a big...
Oct 01, 2020
