Category Archives: Syndicated
Fed officials stress need to factor in structural inequities when evaluating economy
By Jonnelle Marte and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Policymakers need to keep diversity and structural racial inequalities in mind when analyzing the labor market and other measures of the economy, two...
Jun 30, 2020
Judge temporarily halts release of tell-all book by Donald Trump’s niece
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Donald Trump's niece from publishing a tell-all book that offers an unflattering portrait of the U.S. president...
Jun 30, 2020
Fake contact tracing part of ‘rapidly evolving’ coronavirus fraud, U.S. DOJ warns
(Reuters) - Scammers are posing as COVID-19 contact tracers as a way to steal personal information, three major U.S. government agencies said on Tuesday, describing "rapidly evolving" fraud related to...
Jun 30, 2020
U.N. rights chief says ‘as many as 10,000’ flee Myanmar army operations
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday that up to 10,000 people had fled their homes in Myanmar's Rakhine state after what she described as heavy fighting in the past...
Jun 30, 2020
Russia investigates after journalist says police broke his arm at polling station during Putin vote
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Tuesday they were looking into a journalist's allegations he had been assaulted by two policemen at a polling station in St Petersburg during a vote to...
Jun 30, 2020
Mexican prosecutors seek arrests of 46 officials in student disappearance probe
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican prosecutors have requested 46 arrest orders for public officials over charges of forced disappearance and organized crime as part of a renewed probe into the disappeara...
Jun 30, 2020
Mexican labor activist’s arrest sends ‘wrong signal’ under North America trade deal
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - As the new North America trade deal takes effect on Wednesday, the jailing of Mexican labor lawyer and independent union leader Susana Prieto has reignite...
Jun 30, 2020
Train time: Thousands of Czechs head to Croatia holidays the old way
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Thousands of Czechs have booked a 15-hour direct train journey to Croatia where the coronavirus-weary travellers look forward to summer holidays on the seaside. On Tuesday, the firs...
Jun 30, 2020
Biden: Confederate monuments belong in museums, not public squares
By Trevor Hunnicutt WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday said that Confederate monuments belong in museums, not public squares, but that it is best to re...
Jun 30, 2020
NWSL’s return attracts record-breaking viewership
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Challenge Cup kickoff brought in record-breaking viewership as the league became the first in North America to return from the COVID-19 s...
Jun 30, 2020
