Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Why Putin faces “more NATO” in the Arctic after Ukraine invasion
By Robin Emmott, Essi Lehto and Simon Johnson BARDUFOSS, Norway (Reuters) - The sound of gunfire echoed around the Norwegian fjords as a row of Swedish and Finnish soldiers, positioned prone behind ba...
Apr 04, 2022
Pharma industry-backed fund invests in two biotech companies to treat ‘superbugs’
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - A $1 billion fund backed by over 20 drugmakers made its first set of investments on Monday in two biotechnology startups, nearly two years after it was launched to help str...
Apr 04, 2022
Logistics giants hedge their bets in uncertain U.S. self-driving truck race
By Tina Bellon TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) - U.S. self-driving truck companies have a golden opportunity in the form of a nationwide driver shortage, but their robot drivers still are not ready and neithe...
Apr 04, 2022
Parkland shooter Cruz faces penalty trial for killing 17 children
(Reuters) - Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday for the penalty phase of the trial for the man who shot and killed 17 students at a Parkland, Florida, high school in 2018. Nikolas Cruz pled...
Apr 04, 2022
Closing arguments to begin in ex-Goldman banker’s 1MDB corruption trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Closing arguments are set to begin on Monday in the U.S. trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker accused of helping loot hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia'...
Apr 04, 2022
West Virginia faces off against J&J, drugmakers at trial over opioid epidemic
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - West Virginia is set to go to trial on Monday against Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd, and AbbVie Inc's Allergen over claims that the companies fu...
Apr 04, 2022
Jury to weigh fate of 4 men charged in Michigan governor kidnapping plot
(Reuters) - A jury will begin deliberations on Monday in the trial of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in a case that pits domestic terrorism allegations ...
Apr 04, 2022
Biden’s Supreme Court pick Jackson faces U.S. Senate panel vote
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, faces another hurdle on Monday in her journey toward Senate confirma...
Apr 04, 2022
Israel institutions’ high-tech investments jump in 2021
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli institutions invested $900 million in the country's high-tech sector in 2021, a five-fold jump over 2020, the Israel Innovation Authority said on Monday....
Apr 04, 2022
Telecom Italia shares fall as KKR’s takeover approach falters
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) shares fell on Monday as the odds for a KKR takeover receded with the U.S fund set to make it clear it will not table any bid without due diligence. The fund, wh...
Apr 04, 2022
