Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Facebook says Supreme Court ruling imperils U.S. FTC case against it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Social media giant Facebook, in a court filing late Tuesday, said a Supreme Court ruling last week means a Federal Trade Commission antitrust lawsuit against it calling for the ...
Apr 28, 2021
Uber to sign up 20,000 more UK drivers as COVID rules ease
LONDON (Reuters) - Uber aims to sign up an additional 20,000 more drivers in Britain as the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions boosts demand, the ride-hailing app said on Thursday. The Silicon Valley-ba...
Apr 28, 2021
UN agency says UK to cut 85% in aid to UN family planning programme
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The United Kingdom aims to cut about 85% in aid to a United Nations family planning programme in the world's poorest nations, the U.N. sexual and reproductive health agenc...
Apr 28, 2021
Brazil nears 400,000 COVID-19 deaths
By Sabrina Valle RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil is on the verge of registering 400,000 coronavirus deaths this week, after the Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 3,163 new COVID-19 deaths in 24 ...
Apr 28, 2021
As summer travel approaches, Americans can expect to pay more at the pump
(Reuters) - Americans planning summer travel can expect to pay more at the pump, with gasoline prices potentially reaching $3.50 a gallon as people who have been stuck indoors due to the coronavirus p...
Apr 28, 2021
Striking health workers lift roadblocks in the Vaca Muerta area of Argentina
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Protesting health workers who erected roadblocks over the last three weeks at the sprawling Vaca Muerta shale oil deposit in Argentina said on Wednesday th...
Apr 28, 2021
Risk management breakdowns over Archegos in Fed focus – Powell
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is looking into risk management breakdowns at some of the banks that were involved in the meltdown of New York fund Archegos Capital, the chairman of the central b...
Apr 28, 2021
Exclusive: Government, industry push bitcoin regulation to fight ransomware scourge
By Joseph Menn and John Shiffman SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Government and industry officials confronting an epidemic of ransomware, where hackers freeze the computers of a target and demand a payoff, ...
Apr 28, 2021
Four killed at German hospital, woman arrested: media
BERLIN (Reuters) - Police arrested a 51-year-old woman after four people were found dead and another seriously injured at a hospital near Berlin on Wednesday evening, multiple German media reported. P...
Apr 28, 2021
U.S. Senate approves measure to restore methane emissions regulations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a measure restoring regulation of emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in a 52-42 vote, which Senate Democrats heralded as being ...
Apr 28, 2021
