Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia’s Victoria reports 21 new local COVID-19 cases
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state on Saturday reported 21 locally acquired cases of COVID-19, up from 15 a day earlier, while Melbourne, the state capital, is in its second week of an exte...
Aug 13, 2021
Surfing-Australia’s Gilmore, Robinson win in Mexico, WSL Finals set
(Reuters) - Australia's seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore booked a spot in next month's World Surf League Finals after winning the Corona Open in pumping Mexican waves on Friday. On the men'...
Aug 13, 2021
Rallying-Belgian Neuville leads at home for Hyundai
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian Thierry Neuville led his home rally on Friday with Hyundai filling the top three spots after the opening leg around Ypres. Neuville was 7.6 seconds clear of Ireland's Crai...
Aug 13, 2021
Nicaraguan police raid La Prensa newspaper, charge directors with fraud
(Reuters) - Nicaraguan police on Friday raided the office of La Prensa, the only national newspaper, after President Daniel Ortega's government opened customs fraud and money laundering investigations...
Aug 13, 2021
IBM to allow only fully vaccinated to return to U.S. offices from September 7
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp said on Friday that it would allow only fully vaccinated U.S. employees to return to offices, which are set to open from Sept. 7, given the rapid sprea...
Aug 13, 2021
Jury awards Optis $300 million in second patent trial against Apple
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Friday awarded Optis Wireless Technology LLC and several related companies $300 million in damages after a second patent trial against iPhone maker Apple I...
Aug 13, 2021
Bitcoin rises 7.07% to $47,587.38
(Reuters) - Bitcoin surged 7.07% to $47,587.38 at 2200 GMT on Friday, adding $3,142.93 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 71.6% from the year's lo...
Aug 13, 2021
Salvadoran vice president slams market fears over constitutional reform plan
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's vice president criticized international financial markets on Friday after government bonds took a tumble on the disclosure of a constitutional reform plan that i...
Aug 13, 2021
Tennis-Tsitsipas making noise in Toronto with Big Three absent
TORONTO (Reuters) - The 'Big Three' of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal all decided to sit out this week's Masters 1000 event in Toronto but Stefanos Tsitsipas has provided plenty of buzz ...
Aug 13, 2021
Chevron delays office return in California, Texas due to Delta spread
(Reuters) - Oil major Chevron Corp is postponing the full return of employees in California and Texas, joining a clutch of companies like Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc that have done the same becaus...
Aug 13, 2021
