Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Islamic fintech Wahed Invest to buy UK digital banking app Niyah
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Wahed Inc, a U.S.-based Islamic-finance fintech startup backed by Saudi Aramco, will acquire Niyah Ltd, a British company that runs a digital banking app designed for...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. has evidence hackers accessed its nuclear networks -Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which manages the country's nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers gained access to their...
Dec 17, 2020
Portugal imposes overnight curfew on New Year's Eve
LISBON (Reuters) - An overnight curfew from 11 p.m. will come into force in Portugal on New Year's Eve, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Thursday, as the country introduces measures to reduce the ...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. whistleblower was pressed to exaggerate leftist role in urban protests, lawyer says
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former acting chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has told Congress that DHS leaders pressed him to overstate illegal bor...
Dec 17, 2020
Canada expects end to Boeing 737 MAX flight ban in January, approves design changes
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada expects to lift its flight ban on the Boeing 737 MAX jetliner in January, the country's aviation regulator said on Thursday, after it approved design cha...
Dec 17, 2020
Trump spoke with Saudi Arabia's King Salman about regional security -White House statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump spoke with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, discussing regional security issues, according to a statement from the White Hou...
Dec 17, 2020
Former Nomura trader avoids prison, in defeat for U.S. in bond sales probe
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A former Nomura Holdings Inc trader has avoided prison after being convicted of lying to customers about bond prices, in a defeat for U.S. prosecutors in their largely ...
Dec 17, 2020
More than 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys handed to government – Katsina governor
LAGOS (Reuters) - More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped in northern Nigeria were handed over to government security, the Katsina state governor said in a televised interview. The boys, whose abduction wa...
Dec 17, 2020
Super Saturday could see over 150 million shoppers this year- NRF
(Reuters) - Over 150 million American shoppers could take advantage of Super Saturday this holiday season, with over 2 more million people compared to last year, the National Retail Federation said on...
Dec 17, 2020
Canada floats idea of North American ban on new gasoline-powered cars
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada wants deeper environmental ties with the United States and one result could be a North American ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and ...
Dec 17, 2020
