Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. builds new software tool to predict actions that could draw China’s ire
By Mike Stone HONOLULU, Hawaii (Reuters) - U.S. military commanders in the Pacific have built a software tool to predict how the Chinese government will react to U.S. actions in the region like milita...
Dec 15, 2021
Rough politics in Brazil’s Amazon: mayoral candidates fight in the ring
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Politics is often rough and tumble in the Brazilian Amazon, but in one small city two mayoral candidates literally came to blows over the weekend during a bruising election ...
Dec 15, 2021
NFL-94 positive COVID-19 tests recorded among players-source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) recorded 94 positive COVID-19 tests from players from Monday through Wednesday evening, a source with knowledge of the testing told Reuters, add...
Dec 15, 2021
Taiwan will support Lithuania in face of intimidation from China, envoy says
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taiwan will deepen economic ties with Lithuania in a "cycle of goodwill" as it faces pressure from Beijing, Taiwan's de facto ambassador ...
Dec 15, 2021
European supermarkets stop selling Brazil beef over deforestation links
By Jake Spring and Anthony Deutsch SAO PAULO/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Six European supermarket chains, including two owned by Dutch firm Ahold Delhaize and a Carrefour subsidiary, said on Wednesday they ...
Dec 15, 2021
Analysis-N.Korea after 10 years of Kim Jong Un: Better armed but more isolated than ever
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Ten years after Kim Jong Un assumed power North Korea is better armed but deeply isolated and more dependent on China, despite actions by the young leader that raised -...
Dec 15, 2021
ECB set to dial back stimulus one more notch
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is all but certain to dial back its stimulus one more notch on Thursday while pledging to keep supporting the fin...
Dec 15, 2021
Zoo in Chile tests experimental COVID vaccine on lions and tigers
By Rodrigo Gutierrez and Gerardo Gomez (Reuters) - At the Buin Zoo on the outskirts of Chilean capital Santiago, a veterinarian sporting a tiger-striped face mask administers an experimental COVID-19 ...
Dec 15, 2021
Exclusive-Fretting about data security, China’s government expands its use of ‘golden shares’
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government has been expanding its practice of taking minority stakes in private companies beyond those specialising in online news and content to firms possessing large...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. sends final poverty-busting monthly Child Tax Credit payment
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said it distributed more than $16 billion in expanded Child Tax Credit payments on Wednesday in the final month of a COVID-19 pilot ...
Dec 15, 2021
