Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Global airline body IATA cancels annual meeting over travel curbs
PARIS (Reuters) - Major airlines pushing back against coronavirus quarantines have been forced to replace the main gathering of their own global body IATA with a virtual event, the organisation said. ...
Sep 25, 2020
William Hill approached by Apollo, Caesars on possible takeover
(Reuters) - British betting firm William Hill said on Friday it had received separate cash proposals from buyout firm Apollo and U.S. casino operator Caesars Entertainment about a possible takeover, g...
Sep 25, 2020
Russia’s Navalny thanks ‘unknown friends’ for saving his life
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Friday he owed his life to the pilots who made an emergency landing when he collapsed on a flight last month, and the paramedics...
Sep 25, 2020
Social media deal earns advertisers’ ‘likes’, but not yet all their dollars
By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) - Advertisers who boycotted social media are not all rushing back, despite an agreement by Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on how to curb harmful content online. Unil...
Sep 25, 2020
Social media deal earns advertisers’ ‘likes’, but not yet all their dollars
By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) - Advertisers who boycotted social media are not all rushing back, despite an agreement by Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on how to curb harmful content online. Unil...
Sep 25, 2020
Powerboat racing: Agag takes to water with new electric adventure
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Formula E and Extreme E founder Alejandro Agag launched the world's first electric powerboat racing championship on Friday, presenting E1 as a perfect fit for his ot...
Sep 25, 2020
Take Five: Bring on Q4!
LONDON (Reuters) - 1/GO FOURTH An extraordinary year is shuffling into its final stretch and it's packed with blockbuster events -- the race for a coronavirus cure or vaccine, a seismic U.S. president...
Sep 25, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak hits EU patrol boat docked in Italy
ROME (Reuters) - Some 51 out of 186 crew members of a European Union naval vessel on Friday tested positive for the coronavirus, the EU's Irini military mission said in a statement, adding the infecti...
Sep 25, 2020
Iran’s oil exports jump in September defying sanctions: TankerTrackers
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian oil exports have risen sharply in September in defiance of U.S. sanctions, three assessments based on tanker tracking showed, throwi...
Sep 25, 2020
Disgraced cardinal denies wrong-doing, says ready to give life to pope
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - An Italian cardinal forced to quit his powerful Vatican post, said on Friday Pope Francis had accused him of embezzlement, but he denied wrongdoing and vowed he was ready to l...
Sep 25, 2020
