Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Viral video, opinions challenge Georgia jury selection for Arbery case
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - A Georgia court struggled this week to seat jurors in the trial of three white men accused of murdering Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery, underscoring the challenge of finding peop...
Oct 22, 2021
Soccer-Former Man Utd defender Evra alleges he was sexually abused as a child
(Reuters) - Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra was sexually abused by a teacher when he was 13, the Frenchman alleged in an interview to The Times newspaper on Friday. The abuse is detaile...
Oct 22, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to Texas abortion ban
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge by President Joe Biden's administration and abortion providers to a restrictive Texas law that imposes a near-to...
Oct 22, 2021
U.S. takes steps to return to U.N. cultural body that Trump quit
By Patricia Zengerle and John Irish WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - The United States is making early moves toward rejoining the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO four years after former President Donald Trump...
Oct 22, 2021
Brazil’s Bolsonaro planning to attend G20 summit in Rome – foreign ministry official
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to attend next week's summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rome, the chief of staff of the foreign minister said on Friday ...
Oct 22, 2021
Hawkish calls for Brazil October rates meeting grow on fiscal worries – Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Brazil's benchmark interest rate is set to rise at least another 100 basis points on Wednesday as the central bank reacts against fears of worsening inflation...
Oct 22, 2021
Motorcycling-MotoGP raises minimum ages after teenage race fatalities
(Reuters) - Riders competing in MotoGP's three classes must be at least 18-years-old from 2023 after the sport announced safety changes on Friday following three recent fatal accidents involving teena...
Oct 22, 2021
U.S. Justice Dept launches new discriminatory lending initiative
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice is launching a nationwide initiative to combat discriminatory lending practices, Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday....
Oct 22, 2021
G7 countries reach breakthrough on digital trade and data
By William James LONDON (Reuters) -The Group of Seven wealthy nations agreed on principles to govern cross-border data use and digital trade, Britain said in what was described as a breakthrough that ...
Oct 22, 2021
Israel designates six Palestinian civil society groups as terrorists
By Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel on Friday designated six Palestinian civil society groups as terrorist organisations and accused them of funnelling donor aid to militants, a charge rejected ...
Oct 22, 2021
