Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Teenager charged with killing two in Kenosha faces extradition hearing
(Reuters) - Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people and injuring another during demonstrations on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, faces a court hearing on Friday about his po...
Sep 25, 2020
The ventilators never came: How graft hampered Brazil’s COVID-19 response
By Gram Slattery and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As COVID-19 patients flooded Rio de Janeiro's public health system from early April to late May, Dr. Pedro Archer found himself making gut...
Sep 25, 2020
London’s O2 Arena to stage 2022 Laver Cup
(Reuters) - London's cavernous O2 Arena will host the fifth edition of the Laver Cup in September 2022, organisers said on Friday. Named after Australian great Rod Laver, the team event co-created by ...
Sep 25, 2020
Explainer: ‘Naked’ ballots loom over U.S. election, as Trump blasts mail-in voting
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - As Republican President Donald Trump assails the use of mail-in voting, a Pennsylvania court decision over the use of envelopes for hiding the identity of mail-in voters could...
Sep 25, 2020
Apple says has always abided by Irish law as EU appeals court ruling
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - IPhone maker Apple on Friday said it has always complied with Irish tax laws and that the issue which led to an EU tax order of 13 billion euros ($15 billion) was more a case of w...
Sep 25, 2020
Apple says has always abided by Irish law as EU appeals court ruling
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - IPhone maker Apple on Friday said it has always complied with Irish tax laws and that the issue which led to an EU tax order of 13 billion euros ($15 billion) was more a case of w...
Sep 25, 2020
Olympics: Tokyo organisers outline steps for ‘simplified’ Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday proposed a raft of measures to hold a streamlined Summer Games next year, including a shorter opening period for training venues and scalin...
Sep 25, 2020
Pioneering Justice Ginsburg makes history again with U.S. Capitol honor
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of gender equality, will make history again on Friday as the first woman and the first Jewish person t...
Sep 25, 2020
Argentina Inc fears ‘virtual default’ as FX noose tightened
By Jorge Otaola, Walter Bianchi and Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine companies are facing an increasingly difficult task to keep up with payments on dollar debt, hiking the risk of ...
Sep 25, 2020
U.S. imports surge as pandemic worries have retailers stockpiling
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles-based maker of Exploding Kittens and Throw Throw Burrito board games ordered 1 million extra units from its factory in China with the hope of ...
Sep 25, 2020
