Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘Like a rebirth’: Americans pack reopened concert halls for a summer of music
By Brendan O'Brien, Rich McKay, Andrew Hay and Gabriella Borter CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pamela Pickens swayed her hips as her husband Tom led her in an impromptu dance to the strumming of guitarist Studeb...
Jul 09, 2021
Activists assail jail terms for Egyptian influencers
CAIRO (Reuters) - The sentencing on human trafficking charges of two Egyptian women with large followings on social media sites TikTok and Likee has alarmed campaigners who say the accusations are unf...
Jul 09, 2021
Retail workers in unions reap higher wages even as U.S. organizers suffer setbacks
By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wally Waugh, 57, a front-end manager at a Stop & Shop supermarket in Oyster Bay, New York, makes over $1,150 a week. He is a union member. Adam Ryan, 33, a sales cle...
Jul 09, 2021
Factbox: Branson, Bezos and Musk – three space tourism pioneers
(Reuters) - Three billionaire entrepreneurs - Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk - are competing to usher in a new era of commercial space tourism. Here is how their rival ventures compare in t...
Jul 09, 2021
Fencing around U.S. Capitol to come down six months after Jan. 6 attack
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Workers are expected to begin removing the last of the high-security fence around the U.S. Capitol as early as Friday, more than six months after former Preside...
Jul 09, 2021
Billionaire Branson set to fly to space aboard Virgin Galactic rocket plane
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Decades after burnishing his reputation as a wealthy daredevil mogul in a series of boating and hot-air balloon expeditions, Richard Branson is poised to promote his burgeo...
Jul 09, 2021
Where the Surfside condo once stood, debate begins over what comes next
By Brad Brooks SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) - Even as searchers scrambled to locate the remains of dozens more victims of a Florida condominium tower collapse, debate has begun in this beachside community...
Jul 09, 2021
Icelandic airline Play soars 44% in stock debut
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Icelandic airline Play jumped 44% in its stock debut on the Icelandic First North exchange on Friday. Founded by former executives from collapsed airline WOW, Play is the Nordic...
Jul 09, 2021
Lithuania begins building barrier on border with Belarus to block migrants
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania began building a barrier along its border with Belarus on Friday after accusing Belarusian authorities of flying in migrants from abroad to send illegall...
Jul 09, 2021
EU okays 750 million euro German scheme for consumers hit by cancelled travel services
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU competition regulators on Friday approved a 750-million-euro ($888 million) German scheme for a fund to reimburse travellers affected by insolvent package travel organisers due...
Jul 09, 2021
