Category Archives: Syndicated
Ex-U.S. counterterrorism analyst sentenced to 2.5 years over media leaks
By Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former counterterrorism analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency to serve two and a half years in prison for leaking clas...
Jun 18, 2020
France’s top court rejects core of law targeting online hate speech
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - France's top court rejected most of a draft law that would have compelled social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter to remove any hateful content within 24...
Jun 18, 2020
U.S. refiners aim to lock in crude volumes after getting burned by shut-ins: sources
By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. refiners and other buyers of crude oil are reworking some of their supply contracts to guarantee volumes after many were cut off unexpectedly when a p...
Jun 18, 2020
U.S. House panel hears from Facebook, Google, Twitter on election security
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Top officials from Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google and Twitter Inc appeared remotely before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a virtual hearing on foreign influence ...
Jun 18, 2020
Sudan approves plan to liquidate, privatise state firms
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese committee chaired by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok approved a plan on Thursday to liquidate many of the country's 650 state-owned companies and privatise others. It is ...
Jun 18, 2020
Colombia economy contracts 20.06% in April as coronavirus bites
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's economy contracted 20.06% in April versus the same month a year ago as the country weathered the effects of a national coronavirus lockdown, the government's statistics a...
Jun 18, 2020
Portugal pushes ahead with plans for state-owned development bank
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's government approved on Thursday plans to create a state-owned development bank to channel funds into certain companies and sectors to bolster the economy. The plan comes ...
Jun 18, 2020
Trump to nominate lawyer Crenshaw to serve as Democratic SEC commissioner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump intends to nominate Caroline Crenshaw to fill a Democratic vacancy at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cren...
Jun 18, 2020
Robinhood says experiencing major trading outage
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc, the fintech startup credited with helping popularize trading with millennials, said on Thursday it was experiencing a "major outage" in equities and options...
Jun 18, 2020
New York Governor Cuomo slams federal government for coronavirus response
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday slammed the federal government's handling of the coronavirus and called it an "undeniable mistake." Cuomo said the White House had operated since...
Jun 18, 2020
