Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil central bank asks government for 20% budget increase this year
By Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank has asked the government for a 20.4% increase in its 2024 discretionary budget, a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed, arguing that a ...
Apr 02, 2024
Justice Department to meet with Boeing crash families April 24, relatives say
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department plans to meet with the families of the of the victims of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people as the government deci...
Apr 02, 2024
Lawsuit demands menthol cigarette ban following White House delays
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - The U.S. government was sued on Tuesday by anti-smoking groups that want a ban on menthol cigarettes and blame the Biden administration for delaying it. Found naturally...
Apr 02, 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried prosecutor says coder's cooperation sped up case
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors were able to charge FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried shortly after the cryptocurrency exchange's collapse in part because they secured the cooperation o...
Apr 02, 2024
Exclusive-White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon
By Joey Roulette and Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States a...
Apr 02, 2024
Biden reiterated US concerns over TikTok in call with Xi, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - TikTok and its ownership came up as a topic of conversation in the call between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the White House said,...
Apr 02, 2024
Wisconsin governor vetoes school sports restrictions for trans students
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoed a bill on Tuesday that would ban transgender and some intersex children from playing on sex-segregated school sports teams, saying th...
Apr 02, 2024
Mercedes workers in Alabama to file for union vote as soon as this week, sources say
By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) - Factory workers at Mercedes Benz's assembly plant in Alabama are moving forward with efforts to join the United Auto Workers union, and they plan to file a petition ...
Apr 02, 2024
Honeywell considering selling its COVID protective gear unit, Bloomberg News says
(Reuters) - Honeywell International is considering selling its personal protective equipment (PPE) division in a deal that could value the unit at more than $2 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Tues...
Apr 02, 2024
Jose Andres, the celebrity chef sidestepping bureaucracy to bring aid to Gaza
By Charlie Devereux and Aislinn Laing MADRID (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Jose Andres' disdain for red tape is one of the reasons why his food charity found itself coordinating the humanitarian effort i...
Apr 02, 2024
