Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New York’s fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending
By David Shepardson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spe...
Sep 02, 2021
Brazil’s Vale launches self-driving trucks at its largest iron mine Carajas
By Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Thursday it had begun using self-driving trucks for the first time at its Carajas complex, its largest iron ore mining oper...
Sep 02, 2021
Tennis – Barty storms into third round as U.S. Open mops up
By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty stormed into the third round of the U.S. Open by taming Danish teenager Clara Tauson 6-1 7-5 on Thursday, while the Billie Jean King Na...
Sep 02, 2021
German SPD extends lead over Merkel’s sliding conservatives
By Paul Carrel and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) have opened up a five-point lead over Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives ahead of a Sept. 26 national electio...
Sep 02, 2021
Germany ties diplomatic presence in Kabul to human rights, security
BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) - Germany is ready to resume a diplomatic presence Kabul if the Taliban meet certain conditions, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday. "We want to see an inclusive gov...
Sep 02, 2021
Missing Jan. 6 defense lawyer is recovering from illness, judge is told
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer who recently disappeared from public view while representing 17 defendants facing charges related to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot was "beginning to fe...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. bars Virgin Galactic rocket plane flights pending mishap probe
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday barred Virgin Galactic from flying its SpaceShipTwo until the agency approves its final mishap investiga...
Sep 02, 2021
Soccer – Injured Mbappe ruled out of France World Cup qualifiers
PARIS (Reuters) - Kylian Mbappe has been ruled out of France's World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Finland after sustaining a calf injury in Wednesday's 1-1 draw against Bosnia, the French federa...
Sep 02, 2021
Theranos judge requires COVID shots for jurors, but will that skew the jury pool?
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. judge this week dismissed from a jury pool nine people who were unvaccinated against COVID-19. He said his aim was to keep jurors and their families healthy but m...
Sep 02, 2021
U.S. Treasury allows personal remittances to flow to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department has told financial institutions that they may process personal remittances to Afghanistan, a Treasury spokesperson said on Thursday. The news could ...
Sep 02, 2021
