Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Jan. 6 committee chair has COVID; Thursday hearing will proceed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Bennie Thompson, chairman of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, said on Tuesday he has contracted COVID-19 but that ...
Jul 19, 2022
KKR has no plans to lead Toshiba bid, but could join a deal – sources
By Makiko Yamazaki, Scott Murdoch and Kane Wu TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - KKR & Co does not plan to lead a bid for Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corp at this point, three people with knowledge of the ...
Jul 19, 2022
Hungary aims to reach deal with EU to unblock cash by end-August
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hungary is aiming to reach a deal with the European Commission to unblock billions of euros in EU funds by the end of August, Hungarian State Secretary for EU ...
Jul 19, 2022
More than 200 people die as drought ravages northeast Uganda
KAMPALA (Reuters) - More than 200 people have died from hunger this month in northeastern Uganda, where a prolonged drought and rampant insecurity have left more than half a million facing starvation,...
Jul 19, 2022
Exclusive-Russia seen restarting gas exports from Nord Stream 1 on schedule
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian gas flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline are seen restarting on time on Thursday after the completion of scheduled maintenance, two sources familiar with the export plans tol...
Jul 19, 2022
Omicron BA.5 makes up nearly 78% of COVID variants circulating in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) - The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 77.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 16, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Jul 19, 2022
China agrees to further financial cooperation with EU
BEIJING (Reuters) - China agreed with the European Union to further promote two-way opening up of their respective financial sectors and increase regulatory cooperation in the industry, in broad-rangi...
Jul 19, 2022
Soccer-England coach Wiegman hopeful of being present for Spain clash
LONDON (Reuters) - England women's team head coach Sarina Wiegman hopes to be pitch-side for the Women's European Championship quarter-final against Spain on Wednesday, having missed the last group ga...
Jul 19, 2022
Apple reaches $50 million settlement over defective MacBook keyboards
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Apple Inc agreed to pay $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by customers who claimed it knew and concealed that the "butterfly" keyboards on its MacBook laptop...
Jul 19, 2022
Former UK finance minister Sunak wins fourth round leadership contest vote
LONDON (Reuters) - Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak won the fourth round of voting in the contest to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday. Lawmaker Kemi Badenoch was eliminated f...
Jul 19, 2022
