Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colorado police officers fired after photos mocking death of Black man surface
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Three Colorado police officers were fired and a fourth resigned after they shared photographs they took of themselves re-enacting a chokehold officers used to subdu...
Jul 03, 2020
Brazil's Guedes says tax reform proposal ready, needs political agreements to move forward
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's economy minister, Paulo Guedes, said on Friday that the tax reform proposed by President Jair Bolsonaro's government is ready and now requires political agreements to mov...
Jul 03, 2020
MLB says 31 players have tested positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball, which plans to begin its regular season in three weeks' time, said on Friday 31 players have tested positive for COVID-19. In addition to the players, seven staff me...
Jul 03, 2020
French court sentences homegrown militant to 30 years in prison for crimes in Syria
By Tangi Salan PARIS (Reuters) - A Frenchman who converted to Islam and went abroad to fight for Islamic State was sentenced by a Paris court on Friday to 30 years in prison in France's first successf...
Jul 03, 2020
Small tailings dam collapses in Ecuador, communities denounce pollution
QUITO (Reuters) - A small tailings dam associated with a mine run by Ecuadorean firm Austro Gold has collapsed, Ecuador's government said on Friday, sending mining waste into a nearby river. A retaini...
Jul 03, 2020
Brazil court orders eviction of illegal gold miners from Yanomami reservation
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A federal court ordered the Brazilian government on Friday to expel an estimated 20,000 illegal gold miners from the Yanomami indigenous reservation to protect one of the most iso...
Jul 03, 2020
Ecuador indigenous group holds hostage police, official; demand return of corpse amid pandemic
CARACAS (Reuters) - An indigenous group in the Ecuadorean Amazon has taken two police officers and a state official hostage to demand authorities return the body of a community leader who according to...
Jul 03, 2020
Discourse over national anthem looms for NBA, other leagues
By: Schuyler Dixon Rick Carlisle isn't sure what to expect from players during the national anthem when the NBA season resumes in empty arenas in Florida. The Dallas Mavericks coach does know how he w...
Jul 03, 2020
Ryanair flight makes emergency landing in Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) - A Ryanair flight en route from Berlin to Athens made an emergency landing at Thessaloniki airport on Friday with 164 people on board, Greek authorities said. The flight issued a dis...
Jul 03, 2020
Canada suspends its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, eyes immigration boost
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in the wake of new Chinese national security legislation and could boost immigration from the former Br...
Jul 03, 2020
