Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Philippines court acquits 19 policemen in killing of mayor detained over drugs
MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine court acquitted 19 police officers of the killing during a 2016 prison shootout of a town mayor who had been detained for alleged involvement in illegal drugs, a verdic...
Oct 07, 2021
Death toll from militant attack against Malian soldiers rises to 16
DAKAR (Reuters) - The death toll from Wednesday's attack by Islamist militants on soldiers in central Mali has risen to 16, the army said on Thursday, after previously reporting nine deaths. The attac...
Oct 07, 2021
IBM mandates all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 8
(Reuters) - IBM said on Thursday it requires all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8, or they will face unpaid suspension. This comes in the light of U.S. President Joe Bi...
Oct 07, 2021
Soccer-Saudi Arabia-led consortium completes takeover of Newcastle United
(Reuters) - Premier League club Newcastle United have been taken over by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium, the league announced in a statement on Thursday. "Following the completion of the Premier Le...
Oct 07, 2021
NHL-Canadiens goalie Price enters player assistance program
(Reuters) - Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price, who backstopped his team to last season's Stanley Cup Final, is voluntarily stepping away from the club to enter the NHL/NHLPA player assistance prog...
Oct 07, 2021
Harris says key labor report will be released on Oct. 23
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday a labor report commissioned by President Joe Biden in April on ways existing policies can boost unions and promote ...
Oct 07, 2021
Pope, at peace meeting with Merkel, says divert arms money for food, vaccines
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis, closing a peace meeting of world religions, called the arms trade a bane of humanity on Thursday, saying that money spent on weapons should be diverte...
Oct 07, 2021
Spain’s COVID-19 rate at ‘low risk’ level for first time in 15 months
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's coronavirus incidence dropped below 50 cases per 100,000 people on Thursday, reaching the threshold considered "low risk" by the Health Ministry for the first time in over a...
Oct 07, 2021
NYSE like a drugged bull in bullfight over share orders, exchange president says
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday called for regulators to change rules that make it difficult for the NYSE to compete for stock orders, as the m...
Oct 07, 2021
Boxing-Boxing offers escape valve for favela children in Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When 13-year-old Mariangela Pereira da Silva was accosted by a strange man near her home earlier this year she was frightened. She felt she had to do something and a bar of choco...
Oct 07, 2021
