Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘Mona Lisa’ copy goes under the hammer for 210,000 euros in Paris auction
PARIS (Reuters) -A faithful copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," one of the world's most recognisable portraits, sold for 210,000 euros ($242,634) at a Paris auction on Tuesday. The auction house,...
Nov 09, 2021
Volkswagen plans new factory near Wolfsburg to build Trinity model
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen is planning to build a new state-of-the-art car factory close to its main site at its German headquarters in Wolfsburg, hoping to raise its game as the opening of Tesl...
Nov 09, 2021
Facebook gives estimate of bullying, harassment on its platforms for first time
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook for the first time on Tuesday disclosed the prevalence of bullying and harassment on its platform, saying such content was seen between 14 and 15 times per ...
Nov 09, 2021
UK police looking into House of Lords appointments issue
LONDON (Reuters) - British police are studying correspondence they have received relating to media reports on appointments to the upper house of parliament, they said on Tuesday, after the Sunday Time...
Nov 09, 2021
In vaccine-wary Latvia, bodies pile up in hospital morgue
By Andrius Sytas DAUGAVPILS, Latvia (Reuters) - In an inconspicuous building of the main hospital in the Latvian city of Daugavpils, bags containing the bodies of dead COVID-19 patients lie on the gro...
Nov 09, 2021
Golf-Ernst wins lease on Lamborghini with pro-am hole in one
(Reuters) - U.S. Solheim Cup veteran Austin Ernst has yet to tee off at the LPGA's Pelican Women's Championship this week in Florida but will drive away a winner after a hole-in-one during the pro-am ...
Nov 09, 2021
Analysis-Ortega win is new blow to Biden’s Central America strategy
By Daina Beth Solomon and Matt Spetalnick SAN JOSE (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's efforts to tackle migration from Central America by promoting the rule of law took a hit with the contentious ...
Nov 09, 2021
Fugitive Moroccans from diverted Spanish plane ‘fled to Barcelona’
MADRID (Reuters) - At least two of the 12 Moroccan passengers hunted by police following an emergency landing on the Spanish island of Mallorca escaped by ferry to Barcelona, police sources said on Tu...
Nov 09, 2021
UNESCO chief re-elected for second-term
PARIS (Reuters) - UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay was elected to a second four-year term as head of the United Nations' cultural agency on Tuesday after a vote of its 193 members. Azoulay was a...
Nov 09, 2021
Trump advisers illegally campaigned while in office, U.S. government report finds
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government agency on Tuesday said 13 senior members of former President Donald Trump's administration violated a law that limits political campaigning by gov...
Nov 09, 2021
