Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France says boatload of 42 migrants rescued in English Channel
PARIS (Reuters) - French authorities said on Friday they had rescued a boatload of 42 migrants in the English channel after their boat got into difficulty. The emergency services were alerted by the m...
Jul 23, 2021
Big tech companies retake market reins with earnings on tap
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - The rally on Wall Street faces a fresh test next week with a flood of earnings reports from major U.S. companies, including the tech and internet behemoths that...
Jul 23, 2021
Global supply chains buckle as virus variant and disasters strike
By Jonathan Saul, Muyu Xu and Yilei Sun LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber attack targeting key South African ports. Events ha...
Jul 23, 2021
Prosecutors agree to allow Trump ally Barrack free pending trial
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump's billionaire ally Thomas Barrack has reached a deal with prosecutors that will allow for his release from custody while he awaits trial on c...
Jul 23, 2021
Afghan Air Force hurt by inoperable aircraft – Afghan lawmakers
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One-third of the Afghan Air Force's aircraft are inoperable and it has run out of U.S.-made precision-guided rockets amid a massive drop in U.S.-led airstrike...
Jul 23, 2021
White House says new Pfizer vaccine order could help if booster shot needed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. purchased 200 million more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for flexibility if booster shots are later needed and the shots are approved for younger children, the W...
Jul 23, 2021
Sierra Leone parliament votes to abolish death penalty
DAKAR (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's parliament voted unanimously on Friday to repeal the death penalty more than two decades after the West African country carried out its last execution. President Juliu...
Jul 23, 2021
Celebrity chef Mario Batali agrees to $600,000 settlement over sexual harassment
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Mario Batali and his business partner have agreed to pay $600,000 to at least 20 former employees after an investigation found their Manhattan restaurants were rife...
Jul 23, 2021
Germany to enable mobile operators to broadcast alerts after flood disaster
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will enable mobile operators to broadcast emergency warnings by text message to specific geographic regions, a technology that has existed for decades but which Germany has ...
Jul 23, 2021
U.S. appeals court finds CDC eviction moratorium unlawful
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lacked authority for the national moratorium it imposed last year on most residential evictions to ...
Jul 23, 2021
