Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU regulators to warn EssilorLuxottica about Dutch deal, sources say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will warn EssilorLuxottica that its 7.2-billion-euro ($8.1 billion) bid for Dutch opticians group GrandVision could harm competition, people familiar with ...
Jun 04, 2020
'Violence provokes violence', Mandela Foundation says in support of U.S. protests
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Nelson Mandela Foundation said on Thursday violence can be a rational response to racism and for some communities is the only way to elicit change, as protests ...
Jun 04, 2020
Self-driving cars could only prevent a third of U.S. crashes: study
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Self-driving cars, long touted by developers as a way to eliminate road deaths, could likely only prevent a third of all U.S. road crashes, an analysis of traffic accidents ...
Jun 04, 2020
Tyson the alpaca takes heavyweight role in search for coronavirus vaccine
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Scientists in Sweden are hoping an alpaca named Tyson can help deliver a knockout blow in the fight to develop a treatment or vaccine against the novel coronavirus that has kille...
Jun 04, 2020
Azerbaijan orders big city residents to stay home this weekend to halt virus
BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan will order everyone to stay home this weekend in big cities, including the capital Baku, in tightened coronavirus restrictions after the country's number of infections rose...
Jun 04, 2020
Mercedes to share F1 reserves with McLaren and Racing Point
LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One world champions Mercedes will share reserve drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and Esteban Gutierrez with the Racing Point and McLaren teams this season, a spokesman said on Thur...
Jun 04, 2020
Drew Brees apologises for kneeling comments
(Reuters) - New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees issued a lengthy apology on Thursday for comments he made about kneeling protests being disrespectful to the American flag that drew criticism on ...
Jun 04, 2020
EU considers broadening scrutiny of foreign investments
By Robin Emmott and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive has proposed broadening scrutiny of foreign investments in the bloc, according to a public draft document, p...
Jun 04, 2020
Russia sends second batch of fighter jets to Syria: embassy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia flew a batch of advanced MiG-29 fighter jets to Syria, Moscow's embassy in Damascus said, with Syrian pilots already using the planes to conduct missions within the country's...
Jun 04, 2020
Algeria pins hopes on oil prices to avert cuts and renewed unrest
By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria faces one of the biggest fiscal crises of any oil producer as a result of slumping energy prices, but after major political protests last year the governme...
Jun 04, 2020
