Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ex-Mexico security chief linked to El Chapo pleads not guilty to U.S. drug charges
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Mexican government official who oversaw public security in his country pleaded not guilty to new U.S. charges over his alleged role in a multimillion-...
Oct 07, 2020
Brazil registers 5,000,694 confirmed cases of new coronavirus
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 5,000,694 confirmed cases of new coronavirus, up from 4,969,141 yesterday, the country's Health Ministry said in its website on Wednesday. The total deaths...
Oct 07, 2020
Texas Supreme Court rejects top Republicans’ request to shorten early voting period
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that in-person voting can begin next week, rejecting requests by some of the state's top Republicans to push back t...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. women organize watch parties for historic VP debate
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. vice presidential debate on Wednesday night will pitch Kamala Harris, the first woman of color on a major ticket, against a conservative, white male vic...
Oct 07, 2020
Blacks still pay more than others for home ownership – MIT study
NEW YORK (Reuters) - African Americans still pay more than any other group to own a home, a disparity that over 30 years contributes to roughly half the current $130,000 gap between Blacks and whites ...
Oct 07, 2020
Saudi Arabia must focus on own interests, national security while serving Palestinian cause: Prince Bandar
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, said the kingdom must focus on its own interests and security w...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. to go down to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan by early 2021: Trump adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will reduce its troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 early next year, national security adviser Robert O'Brien said on Wednesday, offering greater detail about the p...
Oct 07, 2020
U.S. consumer watchdog rescinds ban on mortgage marketing deals
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. consumer watchdog said on Wednesday it was rescinding guidance that had effectively banned joint marketing agreements between mortgage lenders, realto...
Oct 07, 2020
Fed’s Evans says Fed won’t follow strict formula for timing liftoff
(Reuters) - The U.S. central bank will likely need to keep monetary policy easy for some time after 2023 in order to meet its inflation goal, even once it begins raising interest rates, a top Federal ...
Oct 07, 2020
Citigroup fined by U.S. regulators for ‘longstanding deficiencies’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A pair of U.S. bank regulators ordered Citigroup Inc to clean up "several longstanding deficiencies" in a new enforcement order against the bank. The order, from the Federal Res...
Oct 07, 2020
