Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French court finds Bashar al-Assad's uncle guilty over property fraud
b'b"PARIS (Reuters) - The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was found guilty of acquiring millions of euros worth of French property using funds diverted from the Syrian state and sentenced to...
Jun 17, 2020
EU calls for global alliance to buy COVID-19 vaccines up front
b'b\'BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission called on Wednesday for global leaders to cooperate to buy bulk quantities of potential COVID-19 vaccines, to avoid "harmful competition" in the race ...
Jun 17, 2020
Turkey still blocking defence plans for Poland, Baltics, say NATO allies
b'b\'BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - Turkey continues to block NATO defence plans for Poland and Baltic states despite a deal in London last year between Turkey\\\'s president and allied leaders, three all...
Jun 17, 2020
Louis Dreyfus head of innovation to leave group
b'b"PARIS (Reuters) - Agricultural commodities merchant Louis Dreyfus [LOUDR.UL] said that its head of innovation and downstream strategy, Kristen Eshak Weldon, is to leave group at the end of this mo...
Jun 17, 2020
Website platform Contentful raises $80 million from investors
b'b\'BERLIN (Reuters) - Contentful, a startup based in Berlin and San Francisco, said on Wednesday it had raised $80 million from investors led by Sapphire Ventures to scale up its content management ...
Jun 17, 2020
More work to be done to tackle discrimination, says PM Johnson
b'b\'LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday there was more work to be done to tackle discrimination in Britain but that his government would look at new ways of legi...
Jun 17, 2020
As the ECB ponders purchases, bond angels aren't falling
b'b\'By Francesco Canepa\\nFRANKFURT (Reuters) - An expected wave of credit rating cuts for companies as a result of the coronavirus crisis has yet to materialise, data shows, meaning speculation that...
Jun 17, 2020
China says it has agreed with India to de-escalate border situation
b"b'BEIJING (Reuters) - China and India have agreed to de-escalate the situation at their border as soon as possible following a clash between the their troops, the Chinese foreign ministry said on We...
Jun 17, 2020
Special delivery: activists urge France to rein in Amazon
b'b\'PARIS (Reuters) - Environmental campaigners delivered a 12-foot (3.6-metre) tall mock-up of an Amazon parcel to the French finance ministry on Wednesday to demand that the government rein in the ...
Jun 17, 2020
Wall Street rally wins more fans as economy hints at recovery
b'b\'By Noel Randewich\\n(Reuters) - Record upside surprises in U.S. economic data are bolstering the case for a \\xe2\\x80\\x9cV\\xe2\\x80\\x9d shaped recovery from the COVID-19 recession and boostin...
Jun 17, 2020
