Author Archives: Syndicated Content
One century on, Hungarians still feel World War One 'injustice'
By Krisztina Than and Krisztina Fenyo ESZTERGOM, Hungary/STUROVO, Slovakia (Reuters) - For Laszlo Petrik, an ethnic Hungarian living on the Slovak side of the River Danube, the treaty after World War ...
Jun 04, 2020
Esports: Laporte and Donnarumma join F1 virtual racers
LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte and AC Milan's Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma will be up against eight regular Formula One drivers in the sport's penultimate virtual...
Jun 04, 2020
Canadian dollar likely to weaken in short term if no sign of vigorous recovery: Reuters poll
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar is likely to slip in coming months as a collapse in global trade and the prospect of a more prolonged slowdown from the coronavirus pandemic put...
Jun 04, 2020
Inspired by U.S. protests, some Belgians want colonial king statues removed
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Inspired by global protests at the death of unarmed black American George Floyd, some 30,000 people in Belgium have signed two petitions to remove statues of the c...
Jun 04, 2020
Factbox: German stimulus to drive forward green vehicles
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's coronavirus recovery stimulus package contains measures to boost low emission cars and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Here are some of them: * An increase in...
Jun 04, 2020
Spain's lower house opens process to create digital tax on internet giants
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's lower house voted on Thursday to begin legislating a controversial tax on internet giants that has prompted the United States to open a probe which could lead to punitive ta...
Jun 04, 2020
Eastern forces quit Libyan capital after year-long assault
TRIPOLI/ANKARA (Reuters) - Libya's internationally recognised government regained control of Tripoli on Thursday, driving eastern forces out of the capital after a year-long battle in which foreign po...
Jun 04, 2020
Robot to safely swab for coronavirus developed by scientists in Denmark
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish researchers have developed a fully automated robot that can take coronavirus swabs so that health care professionals are not exposed to the risk of infection. Researchers...
Jun 04, 2020
Cost of UK response to COVID rises to 132.5 billion pounds: OBR
LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of Britain's emergency spending and its tax cuts to soften the economic hit from the coronavirus crisis is likely to be 132.5 billion pounds ($166.1 billion), up from a pre...
Jun 04, 2020
Books about racial discrimination become best-sellers as U.S. protests grow
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From "White Fragility" to "The New Jim Crow," literature about the history of racial discrimination in the United States is selling out as white Americans seek...
Jun 04, 2020
