Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Judge raises doubts ahead of hearing on Bayer’s $2 billion Roundup settlement deal
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday questioned why he should approve a $2 billion proposal by Bayer AG that would create a framework for resolving future claims that the company's Round...
May 18, 2021
U.S. envoy tells UN on Mideast: ‘We have not been silent, neither have you’
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told a private meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that Washington believes a public statement by t...
May 18, 2021
U.S. trade chief Tai urges Canada, Mexico to enforce new North American trade deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Tuesday urged her Mexican and Canadian counterparts to work together to "implement, enforce and fulfill the terms" of the U.S.-Mexico-...
May 18, 2021
Norway’s TIX hopes to shine a Eurovision light on neurodiversity
ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - Growing up, kids mocked his Tourette syndrome by calling him "Tics," but now a Norwegian pop star, one of the 39 acts vying for a place in the final of this year's Eurovision son...
May 18, 2021
Deutsche Bank appoints U.S. general counsel to head anti-financial crime unit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank has appointed Joe Salama, its U.S. general counsel, as global head of anti-financial crime (AFC) and group anti money laundering officer, the bank said in a memo to ...
May 18, 2021
Spain proposes Pfizer shots for under-60s who got Astrazeneca first dose, El Pais says
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Health Ministry has proposed that people under 60 who have already received a first dose of AstraZeneca's drug receive a second shot of the coronavirus vaccine produced by P...
May 18, 2021
Canadian National Railway shareholder urges board to amend Kansas City deal
(Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Chris Hohn on Tuesday urged Canadian National Railway to abandon its $33.6 billion bid for Kansas City Southern unless the Canadian railroad operator changed...
May 18, 2021
Schumer pledges to put Jan. 6 commission legislation on U.S. Senate floor for vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, pledged on Tuesday to put legislation to create a commission to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on the Senate floor...
May 18, 2021
Golf-Spieth ready for fifth shot at career Grand Slam
KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina (Reuters) - Winning the PGA Championship would be a career-defining moment for most of the players competing this week but Jordan Spieth is the only one at Kiawah Island ...
May 18, 2021
Saudi Arabia to require vaccination to enter governmental, private establishments – SPA
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said on Tuesday that vaccination will be required to enter any governmental, private, or educational establishments and to use public transportation ...
May 18, 2021
