Category Archives: Syndicated
Exclusive: Winning bidder for Grindr has ties to Chinese owner
By Echo Wang, Alexandra Alper and Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investor group that got U.S. approval to buy Grindr Inc has financial and personal links to the dating app's current ...
Jun 02, 2020
Republican congressman Steve King fights for political life in Iowa primary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Firebrand U.S. congressman Steve King, who was called out by his colleagues last year for using hateful and intolerant rhetoric, is fighting for his political life in an Iowa pr...
Jun 02, 2020
George Floyd protests recall earlier tensions, promises of economic change
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In November 2015, the shooting death of Jamar Clark by Minneapolis police touched off a debate on race and economic inequality that challenged the city's pro...
Jun 02, 2020
EU ‘appalled’ by Floyd’s death, warns against excess force
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is "shocked and appalled" by the death of black American George Floyd in police custody, the bloc's top diplomat said on Tuesday, calling it "an abuse of power"...
Jun 02, 2020
Hong Kong democracy group files complaint to UN over alleged abuse
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong pro-democracy group said on Tuesday it had filed a complaint with the United Nations over what it described as abuse of anti-government protesters held in custody in ...
Jun 02, 2020
‘Far from complete’: UK stats watchdog says of COVID-19 test data
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's statistics regulator chided the government on Tuesday for publishing data on coronavirus tests that it said were "far from complete and comprehensible". "The aim seems to ...
Jun 02, 2020
India starts evacuating parts of west coast as cyclone approaches Mumbai
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - India began evacuating people from low-lying areas in and around Mumbai ahead of a cyclone that is expected to hit the country's west coast on Wednesday, official...
Jun 02, 2020
Five police shot during protests after Trump vows to bring in U.S. military
By Jonathan Ernst and Brendan O'Brien WASHINGTON/MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - At least five U.S. police were hit by gunfire during violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody, police a...
Jun 02, 2020
Silverstone, Austria to host two races each on revised F1 calendar
LONDON (Reuters) - Austria's Red Bull Ring and Britain's Silverstone circuit will each host two grands prix without spectators on an initial eight race Formula One calendar published on Tuesday. Austr...
Jun 02, 2020
China’s Wuhan finds no new COVID-19 cases in city-wide testing
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus outbreak first emerged, found no new cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, and 300 asymptomatic cases in city-w...
Jun 02, 2020
