Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ivory Coast police rescue 11 children working on cocoa farms
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Police on Wednesday rescued 11 children and two teenagers working on cocoa plantations in southwestern Ivory Coast and arrested three farmers on suspicion of people tr...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. Postal Service says — bring on the ballots, we’re ready
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service, which has faced criticism for retrenching during a pandemic that will result in huge numbers of people voting by mail, has taken steps to...
Oct 07, 2020
Fed’s Williams says moderate inflation overshoot acts as guardrail
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's new pledge to keep interest rates at zero until inflation is on track to "moderately" exceed 2% has come under fire for being overly vague and leaving too much up to ...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. House antitrust chairman calls unwinding Facebook’s Instagram buy ‘the right answer’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative David Cicilline, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee, said on Wednesday he would be "comfortable with unwinding" Facebook ...
Oct 07, 2020
Jordan’s King Abdullah appoints palace aide Bisher al Khasawneh PM
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah on Wednesday appointed veteran diplomat and palace aide Bisher al Khasawneh as the new prime minister, days after accepting the resignation of Omar al-Razzaz, ...
Oct 07, 2020
UK drawing up plans for tough restrictions on pubs across the north of England: FT
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is drawing up plans for tough restrictions on pubs across the north of England as the finance ministry finalised a new package of coronavirus support f...
Oct 07, 2020
Arm exec says ‘firewalls’ will protect customer info after Nvidia deal
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - If Nvidia Corp buys Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corp , Arm will keep "firewalls" in place to ensure the data center chip company does not access confidential information ...
Oct 07, 2020
Trump enters Oval Office for first time since returning to White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday entered the White House Oval Office for the first time since returning earlier this week from a military hospital where he was being tre...
Oct 07, 2020
Cocaine-laden plane crashes in Mexico after airborne pursuit
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A light aircraft carrying almost half a tonne of cocaine crashed in central Mexico after a high-speed airborne chase with authorities, and two people aboard died, the defense m...
Oct 07, 2020
Reed says Race to Dubai shot motivated him to enter PGA Championship
(Reuters) - Race to Dubai leader Patrick Reed said the chance to finish the year as Europe's number one motivated him to make a late entry into the BMW PGA Championship starting on Thursday. World num...
Oct 07, 2020
