Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Venezuelan shipping magnate faces U.S. sanctions probe - officials
By Matt Spetalnick, Luc Cohen and Marianna Parraga WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States is investigating a Venezuelan shipping magnate for possibly violating U.S. sanctions by...
Jun 12, 2020
Leopold not to blame for Congo abuse, Belgian king's brother says
By Marine Strauss and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The brother of Belgium's king joined a swelling debate about its past on Friday by saying that King Leopold II, under whose rule millions o...
Jun 12, 2020
Northern Irishman to be extradited over Vietnamese truck deaths
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish court on Friday approved the extradition of Northern Irishman Ronan Hughes to face manslaughter charges in Britain over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people found in the back...
Jun 12, 2020
India's Zydus Cadila signs pact with Gilead to make remdesivir
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Zydus Cadila said on Friday it signed a non-exclusive agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc to manufacture and market antiviral drug remdesivir, the first treatment...
Jun 12, 2020
Turkey slams 'propaganda machine' Twitter over removal of accounts
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey fiercely criticized Twitter on Friday for suspending more than 7,000 accounts that supported President Tayyip Erdogan, saying the company was smearing the government and tr...
Jun 12, 2020
Canada May industrial prices rise as coronavirus closures drive up meat costs: flash estimate
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Producer prices in Canada gained 1.2 percent in May from April, the first increase recorded this year, led by strong gains in meat prices caused as COVID-19 closed down packing plan...
Jun 12, 2020
India suspends release of headline retail inflation data for lockdown period
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said on Friday it was putting off the release of headline consumer price inflation numbers for April and May, a period that include a more-than two-month lockdown imposed t...
Jun 12, 2020
Brazil airline Gol says not in talks to postpone $300 million debt repayment
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes is not in talks to postpone a $300-million debt repayment due in August, it said in a statement released late on Thursday. Gol sai...
Jun 12, 2020
EU says UK looking for fresh momentum in troubled Brexit trade talks
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's executive said on Friday it was reassured that London was keen to step up the momentum of talks to implement the Withdrawal Agreement divorce deal agr...
Jun 12, 2020
CVS joins Walmart in keeping multicultural beauty products out of locked cabinets
(Reuters) - Drugstore chain CVS Health Corp joined Walmart Inc in announcing it will stop keeping beauty and personal care products designed for people of color in locked display cases, after the prac...
Jun 12, 2020
