Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ukraine warns Russia on Belarus interference as UK flags sanctions
GENEVA (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister warned Russia on Friday against taking steps that undermine may undermine Belarus' sovereignty and destabilise the region, while Britain called for sancti...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
France's Macron calls Lebanese president over need to form cabinet
BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron called Lebanon's president on Friday to discuss the need to press on with efforts to form a government to lift the nation out of crisis, after the p...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Burps to burgers: food companies wrangle climate-warming cattle emissions
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Looking to improve milk production, California farmer John Verwey turned to a Swiss-made feed additive designed to make a cow more efficient while reducing...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Factbox: A look at the 43 competitive races in the U.S. House of Representatives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will defend their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in November elections, in which about one in 10 of the chamber's 435 seats will be the goal of a compet...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Trump, Biden to campaign in Minnesota as early voting begins
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, will both travel to the key Midwestern state of Minnesota on Friday, as early voting begins there ahead of November's electio...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Around 5 million UK jobs still furloughed at end of July, government says
LONDON (Reuters) - Around 5 million British jobs remained on furlough at the end of July, down from a peak of just under 9 million but still leaving millions of workers facing uncertainty with the sch...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
What are the Fed's new hurdles for rate hikes? Only the Fed knows
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday effectively established a three-part test that must be met before it will raise interest rates: the economy must be...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
French city of Nice tightens coronavirus curbs as cases soar
PARIS (Reuters) - The city of Nice on the French Riviera will ban gatherings of more than 10 people in public spaces and tighten rules on alcohol consumption outdoors as it seeks to curb COVID-19 infe...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
Kremlin: bottle in Navalny case could have been evidence, but was removed from Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that a water bottle found in the hotel room of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who Germany and other western governments say was poisoned with a nerve a...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
South Africa commits $650 million to ailing airline SAA, administrator says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African government has told administrators of South African Airways (SAA) that there is a "clear cabinet commitment" to provide the state airline with 10.5 billion r...
Thomson Reuters Sep 18, 2020
