Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump adviser Giuliani asks judge to throw out $1.3 billion lawsuit over his ‘big lie’ election claims
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday asked a judge to throw out a voting machine company's $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit relating to h...
Apr 07, 2021
Brazil raises $600 million in privatization auction of 22 airports
By Aluisio Alves and Alberto Alerigi SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil on Wednesday auctioned 22 airports, raising 3.3 billion reais ($593.11 million), with the largest group of airports won by infrastruct...
Apr 07, 2021
France to open Mitterrand’s Rwanda archives
PARIS (Reuters) - France will open the Rwanda archives of former French president Francois Mitterrand, President Emmanuel Macron's office said in a statement on Wednesday. Macron's office said the dec...
Apr 07, 2021
Jordan’s King Abdullah says sedition quashed, country stable
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah said on Wednesday sedition has been quashed after a rift with his half-brother and former crown prince Hamza, and that the country was now stable and secure. I...
Apr 07, 2021
Nine in 10 Spaniards would use digital health passes to travel, survey shows
MADRID (Reuters) - Nine out of 10 Spaniards would use digital health passports to travel, a survey showed on Tuesday, while seven in 10 would store their health data digitally if it meant faster passa...
Apr 07, 2021
Former track coach duped female athletes into sending nude photos, U.S. prosecutors allege
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former track and field coach at Northeastern University and other schools was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he perpetrated a scheme to trick female student...
Apr 07, 2021
Nowhere as worrisome for COVID-19 infections as South America: PAHO director
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - South America is the most worrying region for COVID-19 infections, as cases mount in nearly every country, the director of the Pan American Health Organization ...
Apr 07, 2021
Russian lawmakers call for lower pension age ahead of election
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Just Russia party that supports President Vladimir Putin has introduced a bill to reverse a recent unpopular pension reform and lower retirement ages to their previous leve...
Apr 07, 2021
World Bank’s Malpass says slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Europe is concerning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass on Wednesday said the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Europe was concerning and disappointing, and could even weigh on the economic growt...
Apr 07, 2021
Brazil detects first case of South African variant as COVID-19 deaths soar
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil has recorded its first confirmed case of the highly contagious coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, a fresh danger sign for a country alre...
Apr 07, 2021
