Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Billionaire Bloomberg raises millions to help restore Florida felon voting rights
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has raised over $16 million to help former felons restore their voting rights in the critical battleground state of Florida, a person fami...
Sep 22, 2020
Delta to delay pilot furlough decision until November 1, union says
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines has agreed to delay a decision on pilot furloughs until Nov. 1, 2020, the union representing its pilots said on Tuesday. "This move will provide time as we continue...
Sep 22, 2020
Exclusive: Wells Fargo CEO ruffles feathers with comments about diverse talent
By Imani Moise, Jessica DiNapoli and Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Charles Scharf exasperated some Black employees in a Zoom meeting this summer when he reiterated that the ...
Sep 22, 2020
German prosecutor in McCann case starts new rape investigation
HAMBURG (Reuters) - A German prosecutor trying to build a case against a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann in Portugal said on Tuesday he had opened an investigation...
Sep 22, 2020
A ghostly downtown Louisville braces for Breonna Taylor grand jury decision
By Bryan Woolston and Jonathan Allen LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - The police department in Louisville, Kentucky, was restricting vehicle access downtown on Tuesday ahead of an expected decision by a gr...
Sep 22, 2020
Exclusive: Argentina soy crushing to fall 9.5% this year, export chamber says
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's soy crushing volume will drop around 9.5% this year, the head of the CIARA-CEC grains exporting chamber told Reuters on Tuesday, important for ...
Sep 22, 2020
Murders of Colombian community leaders rose in first half of 2020: report
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Deadly violence against community leaders and human rights activists in Colombia increased in the first half of the year compared to the first six months of 2019, despite a national...
Sep 22, 2020
Canada warns of rising COVID-19 case numbers, signs new agreements for vaccines
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is planning for a worst-case scenario in which a new wave of the coronavirus will drive up cases by more than 1,000 per day over the next 10 days, officials said on Tuesday. ...
Sep 22, 2020
Ford to invest $1.46 billion in Canada plants as part of Unifor union deal
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will invest C$1.95 billion ($1.46 billion) in its Oakville and Windsor plants in Canada as part of a deal with Canadian autoworkers, Unifor union National President Jerry Dia...
Sep 22, 2020
Russia’s Putin says strengthen WHO, proposes conference on coronavirus vaccine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday the World Health Organization should be strengthened to coordinate the global response to the coronaviru...
Sep 22, 2020
