Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Apple CEO calls for stricter corporate, government climate goals at U.N. summit
(Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Saturday called on governments and businesses to implement stronger climate targets starting next year, during remarks at the United Nations' Climate ...
Dec 12, 2020
French blue-chips back climate risk disclosure code
PARIS (Reuters) - France's blue-chip CAC-40 companies threw their support behind global recommendations on climate risk disclosures, a major Paris business organisation said on Saturday. All 40 compan...
Dec 12, 2020
Austrian police seize haul of weapons intended for German extremists
ZURICH (Reuters) - Austrian police seized a huge cache of automatic weapons, explosives and hand grenades intended to arm right-wing extremist groups in Germany, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said o...
Dec 12, 2020
Israel establishes diplomatic tie with Bhutan, newspaper says
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel has established diplomatic relations with Bhutan, a majority-Buddhist nation neighbouring India, the Jerusalem Post newspaper reported on Saturday. A spokeswoman for Israel...
Dec 12, 2020
Small Polish party may quit coalition, ending government's majority - sources
WARSAW (Reuters) - Leaders of the arch-conservative United Poland party will vote on Saturday on whether to break away from the ruling coalition, causing the government to lose its majority in parliam...
Dec 12, 2020
Algeria rejects Trump's stance on Western Sahara
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria on Saturday rejected a decision by outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump to recognise Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, saying the step would undermine efforts to en...
Dec 12, 2020
Chile says preparing to start Pfizer COVID-19 immunization campaign
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile is getting ready to start an immunization campaign with Pfizer Inc's vaccine against the coronavirus, if it wins approval, Health Minister Enrique Paris said on Saturday. Ne...
Dec 12, 2020
Police arrest three people after 21 migrants found in Spanish sweat shop
MADRID (Reuters) - Twenty one migrants have been found hidden in a sweat shop in Spain where they were forced to work long hours in unhygienic conditions for two euros ($2.40) per hour, police said on...
Dec 12, 2020
Soccer-FIFA to help run Haiti's federation
(Reuters) - FIFA has appointed a committee to oversee the operations of Haiti's football federation amid concerns its former president is still exerting influence despite a life ban after the global s...
Dec 12, 2020
Qatar says stopped Bahraini cruiser in its waters, second incident in a month
CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar's interior ministry said on Saturday its coastguard stopped a Bahraini cruiser catching fish in Qatari territorial waters and arrested three people. All three people on the boa...
Dec 12, 2020
