Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Palantir valued at $23 billion as shares pop in public market debut
(Reuters) - Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc , the U.S. data analytics firm known for its work with the Central Intelligence Agency and other government agencies, rose 48% on its public market debu...
Sep 30, 2020
Madrid heads for lockdown after Spain announces new virus restrictions
MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid residents are set to be barred from leaving the city except on essential trips under new coronavirus restrictions announced by the Spanish government on Wednesday. The city's...
Sep 30, 2020
Man charged in shooting of two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies
(Reuters) - Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday said they charged a suspect with attempted murder in the shooting of two sheriff's deputies earlier this month. Deonte Lee Murray, 36, was charged in t...
Sep 30, 2020
France’s new COVID-19 cases above the 10,000 threshold again
PARIS (Reuters) - France's new COVID-19 cases increased by more than 10,000 for the first time in three days on Wednesday while the number of people hospitalised with the disease rose by almost a hund...
Sep 30, 2020
Sponsor promises to bring order to future U.S. presidential debates
(Reuters) - The group that manages U.S. presidential election debates said on Wednesday it will take steps to "ensure a more orderly discussion" after a fractious first debate between President Donald...
Sep 30, 2020
Harry Potter flies in London, playing Quidditch over Leicester Square
LONDON (Reuters) - A statue of Harry Potter, flying a Nimbus 2000 broom over the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch, was unveiled on Wednesday in London's Leicester Square. The bronze statue, which shows Potter...
Sep 30, 2020
Louisville officer calls for peace after being shot during protests
(Reuters) - One of the Louisville, Kentucky, police officers who was shot last week during protests following the grand jury's decision in the Breonna Taylor case on Wednesday called for a de-escalati...
Sep 30, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 205,372 coronavirus deaths
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 7,168,077 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 38,764 cases from its previous count, and said that t...
Sep 30, 2020
Meet the lawyers behind the upcoming U.S./Google antitrust showdown
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The U.S. antitrust case against Alphabet Inc's Google will spotlight two lawyers better known for behind-the-scenes counseling: Justice Department attorney Ryan Shores, who is...
Sep 30, 2020
Biden says Trump ‘will step down’ if he loses election
ALLIANCE, Ohio (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday said the American people would not stand by if President Donald Trump loses the election and refuses to step down...
Sep 30, 2020
