Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pro-migrant groups go to court to block Biden border expulsion policy
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pro-migrant groups will restart litigation that aims to block the United States from expelling migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border during the coronavirus pa...
Aug 02, 2021
FBI agent used photos of female office staff as bait in sex trafficking sting -report
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An FBI agent faces potential disciplinary measures after an investigation by the Justice Department's internal watchdog revealed he allegedly asked a female su...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S. says Abbott units to pay $160 million to resolve alleged false Medicare claims
(Reuters) - Two units of Abbott Laboratories will pay $160 million to resolve claims they violated the federal False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice s...
Aug 02, 2021
Attacked by Bolsonaro, Brazil’s top judges say electronic voting is free of fraud
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - A group of 18 active and former Brazilian Supreme Court justices, who also act as judges in the Supreme Electoral Court, said on Monday that the election sy...
Aug 02, 2021
Reese Witherspoon’s media firm to be sold to Blackstone-backed company
(Reuters) -Academy award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon's media venture, Hello Sunshine, said on Monday it would be bought by a newly formed Blackstone Group Inc-backed media firm for an undisclose...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S., UK embassies in Afghanistan accuse Taliban of possible war crimes
KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. and British embassies in Kabul said on Monday the insurgent Taliban may have committed war crimes in southern Afghanistan by carrying out revenge murders of civilians, a cha...
Aug 02, 2021
Olympics-Hockey-India revive memories of past glories by reaching semis
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Hockey's profile in India could reach new heights after both the men's and women's teams ended decades in the doldrums by advancing into the semi-finals of the Tok...
Aug 02, 2021
England changes COVID-19 app so fewer people need to isolate
LONDON (Reuters) -England's COVID-19 mobile phone app will be tweaked so that fewer contacts of asymptomatic people who test positive for the disease will need to self-isolate, Britain's health minist...
Aug 02, 2021
Morrisons shares at eight-year high ahead of expected bid battle
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in British supermarket Morrisons hit almost eight-year highs on Monday on investor hopes that the rebuffed U.S. private equity group CD&R would return with a h...
Aug 02, 2021
Pelosi urges White House to reinstate expired COVID-19 eviction moratorium
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday again pressed the White House to extend an expired COVID-19 residential eviction moratorium after lawmakers failed to act. The White Ho...
Aug 02, 2021
