Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mozambique court jails police officers for murder of election observer
MAPUTO (Reuters) - A Mozambique court on Thursday convicted six officers from an elite police unit of murder in the killing of electoral observer and rights activist Anastcio Matavel days before last ...
Jun 18, 2020
Ford's redesigned F-150 pickup will offer greater connectivity, sleeper seat
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co next week will show the next generation of its brawny F-150 pickup truck that offers a new sleeper-seat feature and over-the-air software updates in a ...
Jun 18, 2020
Bank of England to remove any portraits of former governors linked to slave trade
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Thursday it would remove any portraits still on display within the 325-year-old central bank of former governors or directors with links to the slave tra...
Jun 18, 2020
PM Johnson tells Macron: Brexit talks cannot stretch into autumn
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told French President Emmanuel Macron that it does not make sense to extend talks on a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union into autum...
Jun 18, 2020
Atlanta officer says he is not 'state's witness' in Rayshard Brooks case
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Devin Brosnan, one of the two Atlanta police officers charged in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, has not agreed to be a witness for the prosecution, his lawyer said ...
Jun 18, 2020
Ex-U.S. counterterrorism analyst sentenced to 2.5 years over media leaks
By Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former counterterrorism analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency to serve two and a half years in prison for leaking clas...
Jun 18, 2020
France's top court rejects core of law targeting online hate speech
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - France's top court rejected most of a draft law that would have compelled social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter to remove any hateful content within 24...
Jun 18, 2020
U.S. refiners aim to lock in crude volumes after getting burned by shut-ins: sources
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. refiners and other buyers of crude oil are reworking some of their supply contracts to guarantee volumes after many were cut off unexpectedly when a p...
Jun 18, 2020
U.S. House panel hears from Facebook, Google, Twitter on election security
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Top officials from Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google and Twitter Inc appeared remotely before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a virtual hearing on foreign influence ...
Jun 18, 2020
Sudan approves plan to liquidate, privatise state firms
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese committee chaired by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok approved a plan on Thursday to liquidate many of the country's 650 state-owned companies and privatise others. It is ...
Jun 18, 2020
