Belarus opposition figure ordered held for 10 days - reuters.com
MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus jailed two opposition leaders for 10 days on Tuesday as the government pursued a crackdown on the few figures still at large, while schoolteachers led a new protest of thousands against President Alexander Lukashenko.
Despite most major opposition figures being in jail or exile, Lukashenko has so far failed to put down protests against his 26-year-old rule, more than two weeks after an election his opponents say was rigged.
Olga Kovalkova and Siarhei Dyleuski were brought to separate courts where they were each
England call up Maguire despite arrest and trial in Greece - Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United captain Harry Maguire was withdrawn from England’s Nations League squad on Tuesday after a Greek court found him guilty of multiple charges following a brawl on the island of Mykonos last week.
Iran's Rouhani: Talks possible if U.S. returns to 2015 nuclear deal - Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - If the United States wants an agreement with Iran, it must first come back to Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with six powers that Washington abandoned two years ago, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday.
“Washington’s maximum pressure policy on Iran has failed 100%...
Wirecard lays off more than half of remaining staff in Germany - Reuters
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The collapsed payments company Wirecard ( WDIG.DE ) has let go more than half of its remaining staff in Germany and terminated the contracts of its management board members, its insolvency administrator said.
News of the layoffs came as Wirecard
Sudan says transitional government not mandated to normalise ties with Israel: spokesman - Reuters
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday that the country’s transitional government was not mandated to normalise ties with Israel, its cabinet spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday.
Hamdok reaffirmed the importance of separating normalisation of ties from a U.S. decision on removing Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, Faisal Saleh said.
Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz; Writing by Nadine Awadalla; Editing by Aidan Lewis and Alison Williams
France concerned about Iran's 'destabilising activities': Le Drian - Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told his Iranian counterpart he was concerned about what he called Iran’s destabilising activities in the region, Le Drian’s office said on Tuesday.
Le Drian also told Mohammad Javad Zarif during a phone call on Monday night he was concerned about the end of
Johnson 'really pleased' with work done to reopen schools - Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he was “really pleased” by the work done to prepare schools for reopening next week, a test of his government after it failed to get children back to class earlier this year.
Johnson, whose Conservative government has come under fire for how it has tackled education during the coronavirus crisis, said it was “crucial” for all children to return to school and that he would look at medical evidence to see whether he should change the government’s
Indian government consumption key to growth in economy amid pandemic, central bank says - Reuters India
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian government spending will support the economy during the pandemic, but private consumption will be needed to drive any economic recovery once the coronavirus threat eases, the central bank said on Tuesday.
“An assessment of aggregate demand during the year so far suggests that the shock to consumption is severe
JPMorgan would need to pay $1 billion for full ownership of China mutual fund JV - Reuters
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - JPMorgan ( JPM.N ) would need to pay $1 billion for full ownership of its Chinese mutual fund venture, a statement on the Shanghai United Asset and Equity Exchange showed on Tuesday, a price tag that analysts said was expensive.
JPMorgan’s asset management business is to buy the
Hong Kong activist warns West to shun Chinese technology ties - Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - Chinese businesses like Huawei Technologies Co pose a threat to the West, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law said on a visit to Italy on Tuesday, shortly before the Italian foreign minister was due to meet China’s top diplomat.