Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Guatemala prosecutors request to remove Arevalo's presidential immunity
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan prosecutors on Wednesday filed a request to strip President Bernardo Arevalo of the criminal immunity granted to his role so he can face charges for alleged abuse...
Aug 21, 2024
MIT's enrollment of Black, Latino students drops after Supreme Court affirmative action ban
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's incoming freshman class this year dropped to just 16% Black, Hispanic, Native American or Pacific Islander students compared...
Aug 21, 2024
New York man charged with acting as Chinese agent, DOJ says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New York man was charged on Wednesday with operating as an illegal agent of the Chinese government in the United States, the Department of Justice said. (Reporting by Jasper W...
Aug 21, 2024
US death row inmate to get life in prison after DNA testing weakens conviction
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - A Missouri inmate convicted of fatally stabbing a woman in 1998 will avoid the death penalty and instead be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, pros...
Aug 21, 2024
Harris' wingman Walz shows how American men are evolving, some Democrats say
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris interviewed Tim Walz to be her running mate for the Democratic presidential ticket, the Minnesota governor asked her, "Ho...
Aug 21, 2024
Florida top court upholds warning that abortion amendment could cost taxpayers
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Florida state economists can warn voters that a proposed amendment to the state constitution establishing a right to abortion could reduce state revenues, the state's hi...
Aug 21, 2024
Independent US presidential candidate RFK Jr to drop out of race, ABC News reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to drop out of the race by the end of the week, ABC News reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. Kenned...
Aug 21, 2024
Snowflake raises annual product revenue forecast
(Reuters) -Data cloud analytics firm Snowflake raised its forecast for full-year product revenue on Wednesday, as it attracts more clients to its cloud platform owing to advancements in artificial int...
Aug 21, 2024
MercadoLibre's fintech launches its own dollar-backed 'stablecoin' in Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Latin American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre's financial technology arm Mercado Pago announced on Wednesday that it has started making a so-called stablecoin priced in U.S. dolla...
Aug 21, 2024
Microsoft cuts first-quarter forecast for intelligent cloud revenue
(Reuters) -Microsoft on Wednesday cut its first-quarter intelligent cloud forecast, the technology giant said in an investor presentation. The company reported slowing growth in its cloud business in ...
Aug 21, 2024
