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Belarusian taxi driver who helped protester flee lights up internet
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An unnamed Belarusian taxi driver who helped a man escape from riot police during protests against veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko has transfixed social media users who have avi...
Syndicated Content Sep 24, 2020
'Rave on': Irish president helps celebrate Van Morrison's 75th birthday
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish President Michael D. Higgins joined a virtual celebration of Van Morrison's 75th birthday on Monday, namechecking U.S. civil rights champion John Lewis and author James Baldwi...
Syndicated Content Aug 31, 2020
'Respect bankers' judgment': Japan's regulator urges flexibility in supervising lenders
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities should respect commercial bankers' judgment on the viability of borrowers, rather than review their credit quality mechanically with a uniform set of standards, ...
Syndicated Content Oct 12, 2020
UK watchdog proposes ban on car, home insurance 'loyalty penalties'
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Tuesday it was proposing to stop insurers from charging more to repeat car and home insurance customers than to new clients. When a cus...
Syndicated Content Sep 22, 2020
Analysts' View: More debt, shrinking GDP - the impact of England's new lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered England back into lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19, a move that will weigh on the country's budget deficit and its 2 trillion...
Syndicated Content Nov 02, 2020
U.S. election night draws estimated 22.8 million TV viewers, below early figures for 2016
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An estimated 22.8 million people watched U.S. election returns on television on Tuesday night, according to preliminary ratings cited by Hollywood outlets The Wrap and the Holl...
Syndicated Content Nov 04, 2020
UK PM Johnson commits 2 billion pounds in cycling and walking health drive
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to spend 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) on walking and cycling projects in England, seeking to improve public health and capitalise on...
Syndicated Content Jul 27, 2020
Hershey reinstates full-year outlook after strong third-quarter sales
(Reuters) - Hershey Co on Friday beat quarterly profit and sales estimates and reinstated its full-year outlook boosted by strong Halloween sales and demand for chocolate chips and cocoa powder from p...
Syndicated Content Nov 06, 2020
Persecution of activists in Venezuela soars, say NGOs
CARACAS (Reuters) - Detention, defamation, stigmatization and harassment of charities and rights activists in Venezuela increased 157% between 2019 and 2020, a group of non-governmental organisations ...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021
Jay-Z, The Go-Gos among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees
(Reuters) - Rapper Jay-Z, 1980s pop group The Go-Gos and rock band Foo Fighters were among first-time nominees announced on Wednesday for possible induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Othe...
Syndicated Content Feb 10, 2021
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