Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Wall Street futures gain as deadline for fresh stimulus looms
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday on expectations that Washington lawmakers would be able to settle their differences for an economic stimulus bill to pass before the...
Oct 20, 2020
China says U.S. should stop meddling after exiled Tibetan leader visits State Department
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said the United States should immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs, after the leader of the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile met a U...
Oct 20, 2020
Factbox: What is the Malabar exercise, and why is it significant?
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Australia will join three-way naval exercises involving the United States, Japan and India, in a move that could provoke concern from China, which has criticised ...
Oct 20, 2020
Microsoft, Elon Musk’s SpaceX tie up to woo space customers
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is partnering with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk-led SpaceX and others as it targets space customers, the software giant said on Tuesday. The partnership with SpaceX St...
Oct 20, 2020
Eating like the English? French curfew puts early dinner on menu
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - Restaurateur Pascal Mousset has a new menu he hopes will persuade his patrons to change the habit of a lifetime in response to Paris's coronavirus curfew, by - pe...
Oct 20, 2020
Noon kick-off set for U of M-MSU match-up October 31
ANN ARBOR, MI (WTVB) – The University of Michigan and Michigan State University will kick off at noon October 31 at the Big House in Ann Arbor. Yesterday, the Big Ten announced the time of the 1...
Oct 20, 2020
Greece drops plan to allow spectators back into stadiums amid COVID-19 spike
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has scrapped a plan to allow spectators back into sporting events, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's office said on Tuesday, as the country implements tougher restrictions...
Oct 20, 2020
Explainer: Another possible risk in U.S. election – ‘faithless electors’
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - U.S. presidents are chosen by electors, party loyalists who pledge to vote for their candidate once their state's voters have made their selection clear. The polarized climate ...
Oct 20, 2020
U of M names football captains, Purdue coach tests positive for Covid-19
ANN ARBOR, MI (WTVB) – Uiversity of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh says the team will have seven captains this season. The list includes tight end Nick Eubanks, fullback Ben Mason, de...
Oct 20, 2020
Nigeria’s battered farmers to get $20 million to aid crop output
By Abraham Achirga and Libby George BAKIN KOGI/LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Mary Daniel, a slight woman in her 40s, weeds by hand a field dotted with trees and scraggly sesame plants. A widow with seven...
Oct 20, 2020
