Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India court dismisses Future’s plea to declare arbitration with Amazon illegal
MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Tuesday dismissed Future Retail's plea to declare arbitration proceedings with its warring partner Amazon.com Inc as illegal. The ruling came after Future urged a...
Jan 04, 2022
Explainer-What we know about Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against Britain’s Prince Andrew
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prince Andrew of Britain's lawyers on Tuesday will ask a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a woman who has accused him of forcing her to have sex two decades ago whe...
Jan 04, 2022
Factories take Omicron risks in their stride for now
By Jonathan Cable and Leika Kihara LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Global manufacturing activity remained strong in December as factories took rising cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in their str...
Jan 04, 2022
Thailand allows visitors back to beach made famous by movie
PHI PHI LEH, Thailand (Reuters) - Thailand has reopened Maya Bay, a white sand beach made famous by the 2000 film "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, more than three years after closing it to allo...
Jan 04, 2022
Tencent to reduce voting stake in Singapore tech group Sea
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Chinese gaming and social media company Tencent Holdings Ltd has agreed to convert its Class B ordinary shares in Singapore-based gaming and e-commerce firm Sea Ltd into Class A ...
Jan 04, 2022
Prince Andrew to urge dismissal of accuser’s lawsuit in NY court showdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew will on Tuesday urge a New York judge to dismiss Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was underage and als...
Jan 04, 2022
Democracy under siege: An hour-by-hour look at the assault on the U.S. Capitol
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Almost a year has passed since supporters of Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol in a failed attempt to overturn his election defeat, the worst assault on the se...
Jan 04, 2022
U.S. Congress probe of deadly Capitol attack racing against election deadline
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress' probe of the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters soon begins weeks of public hearings that will put the investigation...
Jan 04, 2022
Toyota poised to dethrone GM in 2021 as U.S. sales leader
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp is poised to outsell General Motors Co in the United States in 2021, which would mark the first time the Detroit automak...
Jan 04, 2022
Ford doubles Lightning production as electric truck battle with GM heats up
By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday that it will nearly double annual production capacity for its red-hot F-150 Lightning electric pickup to 150,000 vehicles as the model...
Jan 04, 2022
