Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. activists fault face recognition in wrongful arrest for first time
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - An incorrect facial recognition match led to the first known wrongful arrest in the United States based on the increasingly used technology, civil liberties ...
Jun 24, 2020
AIM underdogs beat FTSE blue chips in Brexit twist
By Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Julien Ponthus LONDON (Reuters) - When the UK voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, rushing into the exporter-heavy FTSE 100 stocks index for a currency hedge an...
Jun 24, 2020
Special Report: Inside Iran’s secret project to produce aluminium powder for missiles
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) - At the edge of the desert in North Khorasan province in northeast Iran, near the country's largest deposit of bauxite, sits an aluminium p...
Jun 24, 2020
Stock futures fall as U.S. states rush to contain virus flare-ups
By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dropped on Wednesday as investors shunned risky bets with many U.S. states scrambling to fight a spike in coronavirus infections. Was...
Jun 24, 2020
EU travel recommendations may impede Americans and Russians
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union (EU) hopes to reopen borders for outsiders from July, but will review individual nations' COVID-19 situation fortnightly, according to dip...
Jun 24, 2020
Twitter permanently suspends account that created doctored video tweeted by Trump
By Maria Ponnezhath (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has permanently suspended the account of a rightwing online personality for violating its copyright policy, a week after he posted a doctored video of toddl...
Jun 24, 2020
China to extend exemption on social insurance fees for firms hit by COVID-19
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's human resources ministry said on Wednesday it would extend the exemption on social insurance fees for firms hit by the COVID-19 pandemic until the end of this year. In Febr...
Jun 24, 2020
UK airports warn 20,000 jobs at risk as travel slump continues
LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 20,000 jobs could go at Britain's airports, an industry group warned, calling on the government to do more to help an aviation industry that was shut down by the COVID pandemi...
Jun 24, 2020
Justice Department says no federal crime committed in NASCAR noose case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it found no federal crime was committed after a noose was discovered in the garage of Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver in NASCAR'...
Jun 24, 2020
No name, no pint: new rules for England's pubs after lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - Drinkers in England's pubs will have to give their name before they order a pint, and there will be no live acts or standing at the bar, the government said in advice for re-opening...
Jun 24, 2020
