Category Archives: Syndicated
Mercy Corps says more than $600,000 lost in Congo aid scam
DAKAR (Reuters) - International aid agency Mercy Corps on Thursday said it believed over $600,000 was siphoned from its emergency cash programme in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a scam that ...
Jun 11, 2020
Oklahoma City suspect who died said he couldn’t breathe; police officer said ‘I don’t care’
(Reuters) - Police in Oklahoma have released body camera footage showing the 2019 arrest of a man who said "I can't breathe," to which an officer responded "I don't care" just minutes before the suspe...
Jun 11, 2020
Amid protests, Harris emerges as top contender for Biden’s V.P. slot
By James Oliphant, Trevor Hunnicutt and Elizabeth Culliford WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid the nationwide protests over racism and police brutality, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris may have found the powerful...
Jun 11, 2020
China hits back at U.S. telecom supply chain order at WTO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - China accused the United States on Thursday of undermining the global tech industry's supply chains with a renewed executive order barring U.S. companies from u...
Jun 11, 2020
Zuckerberg’s former aide Chris Cox returns to Facebook as product head
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's former chief product officer, Chris Cox, is returning to his role, according to his post https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10105509261342903&set=a.692319249513&type=3&...
Jun 11, 2020
White Americans turn out for Floyd protests, but will they work for change?
By Nandita Bose and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leslie Batson, a white office administrator from Maryland, joined the thousands of marchers protesting the killing of George Floyd in Washing...
Jun 11, 2020
Soccer: Shaq cut-out to boost Northampton playoff bid
(Reuters) - American basketball great Shaquille O'Neal may not able to travel across the pond to support his favourite soccer club Northampton Town but his face will be in the stands during their Leag...
Jun 11, 2020
Senate committee unveils $740 billion defense bill, targets China
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday unveiled its version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a $740 billion bill set...
Jun 11, 2020
UK says intensified timetable for free trade talks agreed with EU
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it had agreed an intensified timetable for free trade negotiations with the European Union in July as both sides try to strike an agreement by the end of the year. "Thi...
Jun 11, 2020
Congo prosecutor seeks 20-year sentence for president’s chief of staff
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Prosecutors asked a high court in the Democratic Republic of Congo to sentence Vital Kamerhe, the president's chief of staff, to 20 years in prison for his alleged role in the emb...
Jun 11, 2020
