Category Archives: Syndicated
Iraqi officials release Iran-backed militiamen arrested last week
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi government officials said on Monday that a number of Iran-backed militiamen arrested in a raid by security forces on Thursday had been released on bail, government sources sa...
Jun 29, 2020
Monte Paschi approves plan to offload over 8 billion euros of bad loans
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena approved a plan on Monday to offload more than 8 billion euros ($9 billion)in gross bad loans in a move that could pave the way for a possible...
Jun 29, 2020
Pompeo calls China Muslim sterilization reports ‘shocking’ and ‘disturbing’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday labeled as "shocking" and "disturbing" reports that China's ruling Communist Party is using forced sterilization, forced abortion a...
Jun 29, 2020
UK PM Johnson’s answer to COVID-19 downturn: ‘Build, build, build’
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out his plan to spend the British economy out of its coronavirus-induced crisis, with a speech on Tuesday promising to fast-tr...
Jun 29, 2020
White House to brief Democrats on Russia bounty reports on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House officials will brief a number of Democratic lawmakers on reports that Russian military intelligence offered militants bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan...
Jun 29, 2020
Senegal lifts COVID-19 state of emergency to protect economy
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday said he had decided to lift a state of emergency over COVID-19 to support the struggling economy, which he warned could grow less than 1.1% ...
Jun 29, 2020
U.S.’s Pompeo to address U.N. Security Council on Tuesday on Iran arms embargo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will address the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday on the expiration of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran, the U.S. State Department said ...
Jun 29, 2020
Former presidents, celebrities tip caps to Negro Leagues
The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Negro Leagues was to have been commemorated over the weekend in MLB ballparks. But with baseball out of action because of the coronavirus pandemic, a virtu...
Jun 29, 2020
Ontario promises crackdown on recruiters as farm outbreaks grow
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Ontario will crack down on "fly-by-night" recruitment agencies sending workers on to farms, the premier said on Monday, after a testing blitz identified a ...
Jun 29, 2020
Italy’s Cattolica to vote on change of company status end July
MILAN (Reuters) - The board of Italy's Cattolica Assicurazioni said on Monday its shareholders would vote on the group's transformation into a joint-stock company on July 30 or 31. The change of statu...
Jun 29, 2020
