Author Archives: Syndicated Content
IMF says encouraged by tax agreement; urges holdout countries to join up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday welcomed an agreement by 130 countries to back a global corporate minimum tax, and said work would continue to bring othe...
Jul 01, 2021
U.N. Security Council likely to meet next week on Ethiopia dam
(Corrects in 2nd paragraph that Arab states issued call last month, not this month) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will likely meet next week to dis...
Jul 01, 2021
Facebook asks: Are your friends becoming extremists?
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is starting to warn some users they might have seen "extremist content" on the social media site, the company said on Thursday. Screenshots shared on Tw...
Jul 01, 2021
U.S. says China’s nuclear buildup ‘concerning’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday that China's rapid build-up of its nuclear forces was "concerning" and called on Beijing to engage with it to reduce "the risks of destabilizi...
Jul 01, 2021
In Florida, Biden woos Trump ally DeSantis in unity pitch
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland BAL HARBOUR, Fla. (Reuters) - Sitting next to one of his fiercest critics on Thursday, President Joe Biden managed to find a silver lining in the grave tragedy th...
Jul 01, 2021
Trump family business criminally charged: five key takeaways
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's real estate company and its chief financial officer have been criminally charged with tax fraud. Below are five key takeaways from the indi...
Jul 01, 2021
NFL-Washington Football Team fined $10 million after misconduct inquiry
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) has fined the Washington Football Team $10 million after a review of allegations of a hostile culture, it said on Thursday, but did not su...
Jul 01, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer mum on his future
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Justice Stephen Breyer, the U.S. Supreme Court's oldest member, remained mum about his future on Thursday after it issued the final two rulin...
Jul 01, 2021
Bitcoin drops over 5% to $33,226.36
(Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped 5.17% to $33,226.36 on Thursday, losing $1,810.87 from its previous close. The world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency is down 48.8% from the year's high of $64,895.2...
Jul 01, 2021
One trapped, several hurt in Washington, D.C. building collapse
(Reuters) -A worker was trapped and several people were injured on Thursday when a building under construction collapsed in Washington, fire officials said. Several workers had been caught in the debr...
Jul 01, 2021
