Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bowing to pressure, Somalia’s president agrees not to extend presidential term
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said on Wednesday he would drop an attempt to extend his term by two years, bowing to domestic and international pressure after clas...
Apr 27, 2021
British inventor Dyson denies inappropriate conduct over texts to PM Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - The British billionaire James Dyson denied acting inappropriately for seeking tax assurances from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to work on a project to manufacture ventilators in the...
Apr 27, 2021
U.S. trade chief Tai, Britain’s Truss discussed WTO reform in call – UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and British Trade Secretary Liz Truss discussed the need for substantive progress in reforming the World Trade Organization and other key...
Apr 27, 2021
U.S. CFPB scrutinizes Texas mortgage firm’s ‘100s of thousands’ of duplicate payments
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said on Tuesday it was taking immediate action to understand and resolve how "hundreds of thousands" of m...
Apr 27, 2021
Saudi crown prince: Only few differences with Biden administration
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in remarks aired on Tuesday that the United States was a strategic partner and that Riyadh had only a few differences with the Bid...
Apr 27, 2021
Intel’s Mexico unit sees ‘light at end of tunnel’ in chip shortages by year end
By Sharay Angulo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A global semiconductor chip shortage, which has hurt Mexico's auto industry, could improve but still not be fully resolved by the end of the year, said the hea...
Apr 27, 2021
Bipartisan lawmakers readying alternative to Biden infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are working on an alternative to President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that would cost roughly half as muc...
Apr 27, 2021
Britney Spears to address LA court in June about her conservatorship
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Pop star Britney Spears will personally address the Los Angeles court dealing with her long-running conservatorship in June, a judge agreed on Tuesday. Spears, 39, has been unde...
Apr 27, 2021
Pelicans sign G Didi Louzada to multi-year contract
The New Orleans Pelicans signed guard Didi Louzada to a multi-year contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed by the Pelicans on Tuesday, when they announced Louzada will wear No. 0. The 6-foot-5 ...
Apr 27, 2021
U.S. antitrust senators query Google over testimony meddling concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee sent a letter to Google on Tuesday saying they were "deeply troubled" by what they called a possible attempt to influence witness testim...
Apr 27, 2021
