Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Protests over police abuses spread to Mexico City, stones thrown at U.S. embassy
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Masked men and women protesting police abuses vandalized buildings and threw stones at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City on Friday as Mexican state authorities arrested three off...
Jun 05, 2020
Brazil deficit forecast of 10% of GDP looks 'optimistic': Treasury Secretary
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's primary budget deficit target for this year of 10% of gross domestic product is looking optimistic, Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Friday, noting that tax re...
Jun 05, 2020
UK PM offers to accept EU tariffs on some goods to win trade deal: Daily Mail
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is willing to accept European Union tariffs on some British goods in an attempt to win a trade deal and break the deadlock in talks with the EU, the Da...
Jun 05, 2020
'Selma' snubbed at 2015 Oscars after cast protested police violence, actor Oyelowo says
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The civil rights movie "Selma" was made free for rental on Friday, a day after actor David Oyelowo said Oscar voters had deliberately snubbed the film in 2015. Oyelowo, who pla...
Jun 05, 2020
Colombia arrests 50 for plant and animal trafficking
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has captured 50 people and charged them with illegally trafficking plants and animals as part of efforts by authorities to protect the environment, the government said in a...
Jun 05, 2020
France wants 5G auction in September, junior minister tells Le Figaro
PARIS (Reuters) - France wants to launch its planned auction of 5G frequencies in September so that the fifth generation mobile network can be deployed by year-end, junior economy minister Agnes Panni...
Jun 05, 2020
Fed's Powell scheduled for congressional appearances June 16-17
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify before the U.S. Congress on June 16 and 17 in hearings on the central bank's semi-annual monetary policy report. By statute, the Fed delive...
Jun 05, 2020
North Korea criticizes South Korea, threatens to close liaison office
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea lashed out at South Korea for the second day in a row on Friday, threatening to close an inter-Korean liaison office and calling the South naive to think the North wants ...
Jun 05, 2020
U.S. oil for Belarus reaches Europe as country seeks to stand up to Russia
KLAIPEDA, Lithuania (Reuters) - A tanker carrying the first shipment of U.S. crude oil destined for Belarus reached the port of Klaipeda in Lithuania late on Friday. Belarus is looking to reduce its n...
Jun 05, 2020
'NO KNEELING': Trump renews criticism of protests during U.S. anthem
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday lobbed barbs at protesters who kneel during the national anthem, after NFL quarterback Drew Brees apologized for remarks he made ab...
Jun 05, 2020
