Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. civil rights lawyer Ghafoor released from custody in UAE
(Reuters) - U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor, who was convicted in the United Arab Emirates this week on money laundering charges, has been released from detention after paying a fi...
Aug 12, 2022
Stabbing of Rushdie thrusts a tranquil literary retreat into mayhem
By Sharon Bernstein and Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Before Salman Rushdie arrived on Friday, the bucolic New York retreat where the author was due to speak had arranged for a law enforcement presence at hi...
Aug 12, 2022
Potential hack for some Boeing planes fixed -researchers
By James Pearson LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A digital vulnerability in the computer systems used on some Boeing Co aircraft that could have allowed malicious hackers to modify data and cause pilots to make...
Aug 12, 2022
Colombia’s Grupo SURA posts 30.3% jump in Q2 net profit
(Reuters) - Net profit at Grupo SURA, Colombia's largest investment company, rose 30.3% in the second quarter from the year-earlier period, the company said in a statement on Friday. The firm's net pr...
Aug 12, 2022
Idaho top court allows near-total abortion ban to take effect
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Idaho's top court on Friday refused to stop a Republican-backed state law criminalizing nearly all abortions from taking effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1...
Aug 12, 2022
California governor proposes $1.4 billion loan to keep nuclear plant open
(Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing to give PG&E Corp a $1.4 billion government loan to extend the life of a nuclear power plant it runs by as much as a decade as the state seeks...
Aug 12, 2022
Baseball-Padres all-star Tatis suspended 80 games for banned substance
(Reuters) - San Diego Padres all-star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. has received an 80-game suspension after testing positive for the banned performance-enhancing substance Clostebol, Major League Base...
Aug 12, 2022
Zelenskiy: EU should not be a “supermarket” for rich Russians
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a fresh call on Friday for European Union states to ban visas for Russian nationals to keep the bloc from becoming a "supermarket" open to an...
Aug 12, 2022
Colombia’s Petro replaces military commanders in human rights drive
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Friday designated new commanders for the military and the police, saying he chose the officials because they have not been ...
Aug 12, 2022
Southern Baptists say they face U.S. federal probe after sex abuse claims
(Reuters) - The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, said on Friday that several of its entities were being investigated by the Justice Department, after a report fou...
Aug 12, 2022
