Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Vietnam sentences brothers to death over bloody land clash
By Khanh Vu and James Pearson HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese court sentenced two brothers to death and handed prison terms or probation to 27 others on Monday, for their roles in the high-profile kill...
Sep 14, 2020
Brazil IBC-Br economic activity index up 2.15% in July: central bank
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Economic activity in Brazil rose a seasonally-adjusted 2.15% in July, a central bank indicator showed on Monday, less than the 3.4% forecast in a Reuters poll of economists. The c...
Sep 14, 2020
Euroclear says UK settlement system still hit by intermittent delays
LONDON (Reuters) - Euroclear said on Monday its CREST system for settling UK and Irish stock trades was still suffering from "intermittent delays". CREST went down on Friday and early on Monday before...
Sep 14, 2020
Djokovic says doing best to control on-court emotions after U.S. Open default
(Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic says that he cannot guarantee he will not make a similar mistake to his disqualification at the U.S. Open for striking a line judge with a ball but that he ...
Sep 14, 2020
Nvidia jumps on $40 billion chip deal; analysts expect tough scrutiny
(Reuters) - Shares of Nvidia Corp rose 6% on Monday after it announced a $40 billion deal to buy UK-based chip designer Arm from Japan's SoftBank Group Corp that, if completed, would be the chip indus...
Sep 14, 2020
Facebook allows users to watch videos together online
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday that its users will now be able to watch videos with their friends online using the social media company's Messenger app, enabling them to see reactions in real...
Sep 14, 2020
Canada’s Pascal Biosciences partners with SoRSE to test cannabis-based cancer therapy
By Shariq Khan and Manas Mishra (Reuters) - Canadian biotech Pascal Biosciences Inc will start an early stage study of a cannabis-based cancer therapy in partnership with SoRSE Technology Corp, the co...
Sep 14, 2020
U.P. Prison housing unit briefly taken over by inmates
KINCHELOE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Inmates at a men’s prison in the Upper Peninsula took control of a housing unit for about five hours on Sunday night and Monday morning. The overnight incident...
Sep 14, 2020
Nvidia acquisition of Arm throws company into tech spat between U.S. and China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp's $40 billion acquisition of chip designer Arm is set to catapult it into the fray of geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington, analysts and lawyers say. A...
Sep 14, 2020
French analysis concludes Navalny was poisoned in attempted assassination: Elysee
PARIS (Reuters) - France's independent analysis has concluded that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-style nerve agent Novichok in an attempted assassination, the presidency s...
Sep 14, 2020
