Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Raducanu says Grand Slam triumph pleased her ‘tough’ parents
NEW YORK (Reuters) - British teenager Emma Raducanu, who stunned the tennis world with her improbable U.S. Open success, said on Monday during a whirlwind media tour that her accomplishment not only t...
Sep 13, 2021
Greek experts approve booster COVID-19 shot for those over 60, vulnerable
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will make a COVID-19 booster vaccine available to vulnerable groups from Tuesday, Health Ministry experts said, hoping to curb a rise in Delta variant infections. Authorities...
Sep 13, 2021
Lebanon tribunal secures funding to hold Hariri case appeal
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Special Tribunal for Lebanon said on Monday it has secured enough funding to hear the appeal of its main case, centering on the 2005 assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Har...
Sep 13, 2021
Former Brazilian central banker to head IMF’s Western Hemisphere dept
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Brazilian central bank chief Ilan Goldfajn will become the head of the International Monetary Fund's Western Hemisphere department starting next year, the IMF's director an...
Sep 13, 2021
U.S. House Democrats seek to end cap on state, local tax deduction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday said they were continuing to work on legislation that would "undo" a cap on state and local tax deductions imposed by Re...
Sep 13, 2021
Biden to tap Georgetown law professor for FTC — sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is set to nominate a Georgetown law professor and privacy advocate to serve on the Federal Trade Commision, three sources briefed on the matter told Reuters....
Sep 13, 2021
Putin oversees vast war games ahead of parliamentary election
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw vast joint military exercises with Belarus on Monday ahead of his country's parliamentary elections later this week, as NATO member Poland v...
Sep 13, 2021
Argentina’s Peronists under pressure after primary defeat
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's ruling Peronist party was on the defensive on Monday after a bruising congressional primary result saw the center-left coalition lose ground in a n...
Sep 13, 2021
Kape Technologies buys ExpressVPN for $936 million
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - British-Israeli digital security software provider Kape Technologies PLC said on Monday it was buying virtual private network (VPN) firm ExpressVPN for $936 million in a deal aim...
Sep 13, 2021
Man with knives arrested near Democratic HQ -U.S. Capitol Police
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a California man with multiple knives in his truck marked with white supremacist symbols near the Democratic National Committee headquarters i...
Sep 13, 2021
