Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Soccer: Australia and New Zealand named hosts for 2023 Women's World Cup
By Simon Evans (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand were handed the right to host the 2023 Women's World Cup soccer tournament after a vote by the FIFA Council on Thursday. Their joint bid beat the r...
Jun 25, 2020
Gucci owner Kering to open chemical lab in Italy
MILAN (Reuters) - French luxury giant Kering is opening a laboratory in Tuscany that will carry out chemical and other tests on its products and raw materials to check their quality and sustainability...
Jun 25, 2020
Rainy day hastens sovereign wealth funds' refocus to home
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Famed for snapping up glitzy real estate and stakes in troubled international banks during the global financial crisis, sovereign wealth funds are investing more at ho...
Jun 25, 2020
Coronavirus kills 93 U.S. meatpacking workers, union says
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The largest U.S. meatpacking union said on Thursday that 93 meatpacking and food-processing workers have died from COVID-19 and employees continue to face risks from the new corona...
Jun 25, 2020
EU is 'very concerned' by delayed WTO decision on tariffs vs U.S.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A delay to a decision on whether the European Union can impose tariffs against the United States over subsidies for Boeing is unjustified and harms the bloc's right to retaliate, ...
Jun 25, 2020
District of Columbia sues four oil majors for misleading consumers on climate change
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The attorney general for the District of Columbia on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp , BP Plc , Chevron Corp , and Royal Dutch Shell Plc f...
Jun 25, 2020
No final decision at White House talks on Israeli annexation moves, U.S. officials say
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three days of White House meetings by aides to U.S. President Donald Trump on whether to give Israel a green light to annex parts of the occupied West Bank have ended ...
Jun 25, 2020
U.S. and EU must face down China 'threat', Pompeo says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union need a shared understanding of China to resist it, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, calling Beijing a threat and accu...
Jun 25, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic getting worse globally: WHO head Tedros
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is subsiding in Europe, but getting worse globally with the number of infections expected to reach 10 million next week and the number of deaths 500,000, the...
Jun 25, 2020
At least 10 aid workers kidnapped in southwest Niger
DAKAR (Reuters) - At least 10 local aid workers have been kidnapped in southwest Niger near the border with Burkina Faso, an official from APIS, the non-governmental organisation for which they worked...
Jun 25, 2020
