Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Justice Department to propose rolling back protections for big tech
b'b\'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is preparing to proposes legislation as soon as Wednesday to try to remove protections that big tech platforms like Alphabet\\\'s Google and Fac...
Jun 17, 2020
Japan's NHK to retrain staff after criticism of cartoon about black Americans
b'b\'TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan\\\'s public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday it would train staff on human rights, after a cartoon it broadcast last week to explain race relations in the United States w...
Jun 17, 2020
Acacia Mining employees pay Tanzania $650,000 in tax evasion case
b'b\'By Nuzulack Dausen and Helen Reid\\nDAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Three employees of Acacia Mining, a former Barrick Gold unit, have been released from jail in Tanzania after paying 1.5 billion Tanza...
Jun 17, 2020
Virus-stricken UK pilot in Vietnam may be discharged from hospital soon
b'b\'By James Pearson and Phuong Nguyen\\nHANOI (Reuters) - A British pilot in Vietnam stricken with COVID-19 who at one point seemed close to death has almost fully recovered and is in a position to ...
Jun 17, 2020
No injuries as UK PM Johnson's car shunted by security vehicle: Reuters witnesses
b'b"LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson\'s car was shunted by a security vehicle outside parliament on Wednesday when Kurdish protesters ran into the road, two Reuters witnesses sa...
Jun 17, 2020
Mexican president says July 1 meeting with Trump unlikely
b"b'MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he did not think a July 1 meeting he had proposed to hold with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington wil...
Jun 17, 2020
OPEC sees gradual oil demand recovery, makes 84% of cuts in May
b'b\'By Alex Lawler\\nLONDON (Reuters) - OPEC forecast on Wednesday a gradual recovery in global demand for oil, which has been hammered by the coronavirus crisis, and said record supply cuts by produ...
Jun 17, 2020
Champions League to be completed with eight-team tournament in Lisbon
b'b"By Brian Homewood\\nBERN (Reuters) - This season\'s Champions League, suspended in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be completed with an eight-team mini-tournament which will be held i...
Jun 17, 2020
Bulgarians complain of long border queues after Greece eases lockdown
b'b\'SOFIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of trucks and cars from Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia waited in long queues at the border with Greece on Wednesday after Athens eased coronavirus restrictions to try to ...
Jun 17, 2020
Mars Inc says evaluating changing Uncle Ben's brand image
b'b\'By Martinne Geller\\nLONDON (Reuters) - Mars Inc is "evaluating all possibilities" regarding changes to its Uncle Ben\\\'s rice brand image, the food company told Reuters on Wednesday, following ...
Jun 17, 2020
