Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pentagon concerned by U.N. report indicating possible North Korea nuclear reprocessing
By David Brunnstrom and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon expressed concern on Tuesday about a U.N. report indicating possible reprocessing of nuclear fuel for bombs by North Korea, and s...
Mar 02, 2021
Real estate tech start-up Doma agrees SPAC deal to go public
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - U.S. real estate technology company Doma said on Tuesday it has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check acquisition firm Capitol Investment Corp V in a dea...
Mar 02, 2021
Japan embarks on random and targeted COVID-19 testing, but some experts call for more
By Rocky Swift and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Last week, about 600 people were tested for the coronavirus in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo - the Japanese government's first stab at sy...
Mar 02, 2021
Rio Tinto Chairman Simon Thompson to step down in 2022
(Reuters) - Rio Tinto Ltd said on Wednesday Simon Thompson will step down as chairman next year after deciding not to seek re-election as a non-executive director at the miner's 2022 annual general me...
Mar 02, 2021
Venezuela’s Guaido spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken: sources
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, four people familiar with the matter said, the highest-level U.S. contact wit...
Mar 02, 2021
Maezawa wants you: Japan billionaire seeks ‘crew’ for moon trip
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Wednesday launched a search for eight people to join him as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon with Elon Musk'...
Mar 02, 2021
GM, Toyota employees to keep masks on in Texas even as state lifts mandate
(Reuters) - General Motors and Toyota Motor employees in Texas will keep face masks on at work, the automakers said on Tuesday, even as the U.S. state lifted most of its coronavirus-related restrictio...
Mar 02, 2021
Goldman Sachs head lawyer to leave bank: Bloomberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc's general counsel Karen Seymour is leaving the bank, according to a report from Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. As Goldman's top lawyer, ...
Mar 02, 2021
Brazil’s economy may have shrunk by less than 4% last year: Guedes
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's economy could grow 3.5% this year and may have shrunk last year by less than 4%, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday, stressing again that a resumption of emerg...
Mar 02, 2021
UK extends furlough scheme by five months, gives more help to self-employed
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will extend its huge job-protecting furlough programme by five months until the end of September and expand parallel support for the self-employed, finance minister Rishi Su...
Mar 02, 2021
