Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Column-Warnings of Medicare fraud mount; here is how to avoid it
By Mark Miller (Reuters) - A new report from the U.S. Senate Finance Committee documents a range of fraudulent and misleading marketing practices used to sell Medicare Advantage plans - and some of th...
Nov 17, 2022
Cancer diagnoses lag after screenings fall during pandemic, U.S. study finds
By Shawana Alleyne-Morris (Reuters) - Screenings for a variety of common cancers have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, potentially leading to diagnoses later in the course of the disease when it m...
Nov 17, 2022
U.S. imposes new sanctions over Iran sanctions evasion, targets Chinese firms
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on over a dozen companies based in China, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates that Washington accused of ...
Nov 17, 2022
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast to supply 2,500 units to U.S. car subscription service Autonomy
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's electric vehicle maker VinFast said on Thursday it has struck a deal with U.S. car subscription service Autonomy to supply more than 2,500 units, its largest corporate orde...
Nov 17, 2022
Egypt close to deals on 1GW of solar and wind projects
By Aidan Lewis and Sarah El Safty SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - COP27 host Egypt is close to signing final agreements to build two wind and solar projects with combined capacity of a gigawatt (GW...
Nov 17, 2022
Italy court acquits former PM Berlusconi in bribery case
ROME (Reuters) -An Italian court on Thursday acquitted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing a witness in a 2013 underage prostitution case, giving a boost to the veteran politician weeks...
Nov 17, 2022
“Stand and deliver,” UN chief tells faltering COP27 climate summit
By William James SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Negotiators at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt must overcome a "breakdown in trust" between rich and poor nations to deliver a deal to save the wo...
Nov 17, 2022
Startup ID.me’s claim on scope of unemployment fraud was baseless, U.S. Congress says
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Government contractor ID.me, which checks the identity of benefits applicants, had no basis for its claim that almost half of unemployment aid during the pan...
Nov 17, 2022
Motor racing-Ricciardo says Abu Dhabi could be his last race in F1
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Australian Daniel Ricciardo recognised on Thursday that the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix could be his last in Formula One as well as a farewell to McLaren. The 33-year-old ...
Nov 17, 2022
Greeks march to commemorate 1973 student uprising
ATHENS (Reuters) - Thousands of Greeks marched through central Athens on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a violently quashed student uprising in 1973 that helped topple the military junta which th...
Nov 17, 2022
