Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive-American barred from leaving China returned to U.S. before Biden-Xi meeting
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An American who had been blocked for years from leaving China has returned to the United States, the U.S. government told Reuters, his release coming just hou...
Nov 18, 2021
In Los Angeles, Tesla’s rivals roll out larger, cheaper electric SUVs
By Hyunjoo Jin LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Automakers chasing electric vehicle leader Tesla Inc revealed new, more affordable and larger electric sport utility vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show, racin...
Nov 18, 2021
As plastic piles up, U.S. joins effort to reach new global treaty
By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - The United States will join talks on a new global treaty to curb plastic pollution, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday, marking its first support ...
Nov 18, 2021
Cricket-Ex-Yorkshire player Rafiq apologises for anti-Semitic exchange
(Reuters) - Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq apologised on Thursday for using anti-Semitic language in an exchange of messages with another cricketer from 2011. Rafiq, a player of Pakistani desc...
Nov 18, 2021
GM aims to tackle chip shortage with new designs made in North America
(Reuters) - General Motors aims to tackle the global semiconductor shortage with new designs built in North America, President Mark Reuss said on Thursday. Reuss told an investor conference GM is work...
Nov 18, 2021
Motor racing-Hamilton happy to see Mercedes boss’s fighting spirit
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Toto Wolff is fired up and spoiling for a fight as his Mercedes team battle to be Formula One champions for an unprecedented eighth year in a row and Lewis Hamilton is lovi...
Nov 18, 2021
Togo reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak at poultry farm, OIE says
PARIS (Reuters) - The West African country of Togo has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thurs...
Nov 18, 2021
Iraqi cleric Sadr urges militias to purge ‘undisciplined’ members
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged the country's paramilitaries on Thursday to purge what he called undisciplined members and for non-state armed groups to hand over their...
Nov 18, 2021
Swiss Exchange’s new platform to use ‘revolutionary’ crypto tech for bond issuance
LONDON (Reuters) - SIX Swiss Exchange's new digital trading and settlement arm will issue a bond to show how blockchain can benefit mainstream securities and not just the cryptoassets it was originall...
Nov 18, 2021
U.N. nuclear watchdog chief to visit Tehran on Tuesday, IAEA confirms
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will hold meetings with Iranian officials in Tehran on Tuesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed on Thursday, more than two...
Nov 18, 2021
