Category Archives: Syndicated
Buffalo police officers quit unit in protest at colleagues’ suspension: reports
(Reuters) - All 57 members of a police tactical unit in Buffalo, New York, have resigned from that team to protest the suspension of two colleagues who were filmed shoving a 75-year-old man to the gro...
Jun 05, 2020
IMF announces preliminary deal on $5.2 billion standby loan for Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it had reached a staff-level agreement with Egypt for a one-year, $5.2 billion standby loan to help the North African country grap...
Jun 05, 2020
French army kills al-Qaeda North Africa chief Droukdel: defence minister
PARIS (Reuters) - French forces have killed al Qaeda's North Africa chief Abdelmalek Droukdel in northern Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. "On June 3, French army forces with...
Jun 05, 2020
Powell spoke almost daily with Mnuchin in April
(Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke on an almost daily basis with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in April as the two officials scrambled to erect programs to soften the econo...
Jun 05, 2020
Colombia sees national income falling by $6.6 billion this year
By Carlos Vargas and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government estimated national income could fall by 23.7 trillion pesos ($6.58 billion) this year, as the coronavirus lockdown and lo...
Jun 05, 2020
Vatican arrests Italian in investigation of London real estate deal
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Vatican police on Friday arrested Gianluigi Torzi, an Italian middleman who was part of a deal in which the Vatican purchased a luxury building in London as an investment. Tor...
Jun 05, 2020
Brazilian mall operator BR Malls will offer case-by-case rent forgiveness
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's largest mall operator BR Malls Participacoes will offer partial rent forgiveness on a case-by-case basis at the shopping centers it has reopened, by discounting the norma...
Jun 05, 2020
LA Galaxy part with midfielder Katai after wife’s racist posts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The LA Galaxy has parted company with Serbian midfielder Aleksandar Katai after his wife published "a series of racist and violent social media posts," the Major League Soccer (ML...
Jun 05, 2020
Women struggle to get back to work in Canada as ‘she-cession’ weighs
By Kelsey Johnson and Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Women are having a harder time than men returning to Canada's labour force as persistent childcare issues weigh, and jobs in the male-dominated go...
Jun 05, 2020
UK’s Sunak to delay major stimulus package until autumn: FT
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak has decided to delay a major stimulus package until the autumn to see how the economy fares in the coronavirus fallout, the Financial Times repo...
Jun 05, 2020
