Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Twitter, Square to make June 19 a holiday to support racial diversity
(Reuters) - Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Square Inc and Twitter Inc, said June 19, popularly known as 'Juneteenth', would be a permanent company-wide holiday in the United States to show suppor...
Jun 10, 2020
Mexico president says phone call may need to replace planned meeting with Trump
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he was still weighing up the possibility of a meeting with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, but that the coron...
Jun 10, 2020
Mannheim authorities drop UBS fine
(Reuters) - A German case against UBS for allegedly helping clients evade tax has been concluded without any fine, prosecutors for the city of Mannheim said on Wednesday. Mannheim prosecutors had been...
Jun 10, 2020
Britain asks too much of EU in Brexit talks, Barnier says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain is seeking a trade relationship with the European Union that is very close to that of an EU member, something that is unacceptable to the bloc, the EU's Brexit negotiator ...
Jun 10, 2020
Should we remove statues of Congo's coloniser king, Belgian councillor asks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Brussels councillor has urged a debate on what to do with statues of Belgian King Leopold II, the brutal coloniser of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, which have be...
Jun 10, 2020
Global new clean energy investment totaled $282 billion last year: research
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Global investment in new clean energy capacity rose 1% last year to $282.2 billion, research by UNEP, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the Frankfurt School-UNEP Col...
Jun 10, 2020
HBO Max pulls 'Gone with the Wind' over racist portrayals
(Reuters) - HBO Max has removed war epic film "Gone with the Wind" from its recently launched streaming service over its depiction of slavery, parent WarnerMedia said on Wednesday, joining other media...
Jun 10, 2020
UK regulator gets more time for final ruling on Amazon's Deliveroo deal
LONDON(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator has given itself two more months to make a final ruling on Amazon's purchase of a minority stake in online delivery group Deliveroo so it can take ful...
Jun 10, 2020
British companies seek extra time to plug ballooning pension gaps: sources
By Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - An increasing number of British companies, trying to conserve cash through the coronavirus crisis, are seeking more time to plug pension scheme defi...
Jun 10, 2020
U.S. protesters topple Columbus statue and throw it in a lake
(Reuters) - Anti-racism protesters in Virginia tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus on Tuesday night in Byrd park in Richmond, then draped it in a burning flag and dumped it in a lake, images of...
Jun 10, 2020
