Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'We do not accept time pressure' in UK talks, says French Europe minister
LONDON (Reuters) - French European Affairs Minister Amelie de Montchalin said on Friday the European Union would not accept "artificial deadlines" in talks on a future relationship with Britain. On Th...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2020
Promising political stability, new Tunisian government takes office
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's new coalition government took office on Friday and Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said the country needed political stability to start urgent reforms and revive the ailing e...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2020
Polanski win at Cesars would send wrong message in #MeToo era: minister
By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) - French Culture Minister Franck Riester on Friday waded into the storm over the nomination of Roman Polanski for best director at the Cesar Awards, saying the success...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2020
ECB's Weidmann: No need for immediate monetary policy action due to coronavirus
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - There is no need to take immediate monetary policy action due to the coronavirus outbreak, the European Central Bank's Jens Weidmann said on Friday, adding that remaining alert w...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2020
Main Street leans toward Sanders, but Wall Street says Trump
By Caroline Valetkevitch, April Joyner and Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may be surging in the polls ahead of Super Tuesday, but some on Wall Street have made the...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2020
Hong Kongers turn out for indie club's last performance as coronavirus forces closure
By Joyce Zhou and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Hong Kongers sporting face masks pulsated under strobe lights at a reknowned indie club for the last time on Thursday as cancellations b...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2020
UK's Prince Harry meets Jon Bon Jovi at Abbey Road studios
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry visited Abbey Road Studios on Friday to meet singer Jon Bon Jovi and members of a military veterans' choir, in one of his last engagements as a senior member ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2020
Guinea braces for disputed referendum that could extend veteran Conde's rule
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - When Alpha Conde was elected president of Guinea in 2010, the veteran opposition leader vowed to restore democracy after decades of authoritarian rule. Ten years lat...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2020
Super Tuesday contests offer big rewards, challenges in U.S. Democratic presidential race
By Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fourteen states and one U.S. territory host Super Tuesday primaries next week, a flurry that could bring more clarity about which Democratic presidential conten...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2020
Bloomberg would not ban U.S. oil exports in climate plan, unlike rival Democrats
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Media billionaire Michael Bloomberg would allow the United States to keep exporting crude oil overseas if he is elected president, his campaign says, unlike...
Thomson Reuters Feb 28, 2020