Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Four killed, three injured in Algerian forest fires
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Four people were killed and three injured on Monday night in wildfires in mountainous areas east of the Algerian capital, Algiers, state news agency APS reported. Firefighters and ...
Aug 09, 2021
Prince Andrew is sued by Jeffrey Epstein accuser over alleged sexual abuse
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew was sued on Monday for having allegedly on three occasions sexually abused a woman who has claimed she was trafficked for sex by the la...
Aug 09, 2021
U.S. ratings for Tokyo Olympics slide to half of London games
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. viewership for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, a competition clouded by the COVID-19 pandemic, dropped to about half the audience for the London games in 2012, according to d...
Aug 09, 2021
Australia’s Victoria reports slight rise in local COVID-19 cases
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Tuesday reported 20 locally acquired cases of COVID-19, up from 11 a day earlier, as authorities eased lockdown rules in regions outside Melbourne, the...
Aug 09, 2021
Brazil could use oil royalties to fund cooking gas subsidy – minister
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's government is considering the use of oil industry royalties to finance 7.5 billion reais ($1.4 billion) in cooking gas subsidies for poor fami...
Aug 09, 2021
Buffett-backed Nubank hires investment banks to lead IPO – source
By Carolina Mandl and David French (Reuters) - Nubank, the Brazilian digital bank backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has hired Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup to help lead its ...
Aug 09, 2021
Soccer-U.S. forward Sargent joins Norwich from Werder Bremen
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. forward Josh Sargent has joined Premier League Norwich City from Werder Bremen on a four-year deal, the newly-promoted club said on Monday. Financial details were not disclosed...
Aug 09, 2021
Brazil readies legislation to deal with government payment obligations
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he was preparing a proposal for a constitutional amendment to handle payment of the government's court-ordered debts that would b...
Aug 09, 2021
AMC Entertainment will have technology to receive bitcoin as payment by year-end – CEO
(Reuters) - Cinema operator AMC Entertainment will have the technology in place to receive payment in bitcoin by the end of the year as payment for movie tickets and concessions, the company's CEO sai...
Aug 09, 2021
Brazil reports 12,085 COVID cases and 411 deaths in 24 hours -ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has had 12,085 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in the past 24 hours, and 411 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Monday. The South American countr...
Aug 09, 2021
