Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-IOC confident of successful Tokyo Games despite public opposition
(Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday said it supported Japanese measures to counter COVID-19 and was confident the Tokyo Olympics would be a "historic" event, despite wide publ...
May 12, 2021
Mexico president welcomes U.S. labor action on GM plant
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday welcomed a move by the United States against General Motors Co for alleged labor violations at a Mexican factory, say...
May 12, 2021
Report: Cardinals allow LB Jordan Hicks to seek trade
Arizona Cardinals inside linebacker Jordan Hicks has the team's permission to seek a trade with first-round pick Zaven Collins training to start at the position. Collins was a pass rusher at Tulsa but...
May 12, 2021
UK reports 2,284 further COVID-19 cases, 11 more deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported on Wednesday a further 2,284 cases of coronavirus and an additional 11 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, according to official data. The total number of peo...
May 12, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to vote on China tech bill on Wednesday
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee is set to vote on Wednesday on a compromise measure for basic and advanced technology research and science over five years and the cr...
May 12, 2021
FAA chief says Boeing 737 MAX performing well
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told a U.S. House panel that an electrical issue that grounded about 100 Boeing 737 MAX planes last month worldwide appeare...
May 12, 2021
Ellen DeGeneres to end talk show after 19 years – report
(Reuters) - U.S. talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to end talk show after 19 years, entertainment news website Hollywood Reporter reported on Wednesday. (https://bit.ly/3y8hhwn) (Reporting by Subrat Patn...
May 12, 2021
Activist investor Ackman says Pershing Square owns 6% of Domino’s – WSJ
(Reuters) - Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management owns about 6% of Domino's Pizza Inc, the billionaire investor told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. Ackman, whose bets on companies ar...
May 12, 2021
Russia jails former opposition mayor for calling for Navalny protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg jailed its former mayor for nine days on Wednesday after finding him guilty of using social media to urge people to protest for the rele...
May 12, 2021
U.S. trade chief says WTO vaccine talks should remove obstacles to production
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday that her objective in World Trade Organization talks over a COVID-19 vaccines waiver is to remove intellectual property...
May 12, 2021
