Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil services activity up 2.6% in July, less than expected
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Services activity in Brazil rose in July for a second straight month, figures showed on Friday, but the pace of growth was slower than forecast, suggesting the e...
Sep 11, 2020
Explainer: How the Tokyo Games might look in 2021
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympic Minister insists the rearranged Tokyo2020 Games must be held "at any cost", while the International Olympic Committee says only that it is committed t...
Sep 11, 2020
Explosive material found in Beirut port after blast was stored for years, says president
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Several tonnes of highly explosive material found at Beirut's port, just weeks after the same chemical was blamed for causing a massive detonation there, had been in storage for 15 ...
Sep 11, 2020
England’s COVID-19 infections doubling each week – Imperial College study
LONDON (Reuters) - The spread of the coronavirus is speeding up across all parts of England with the number of cases doubling about every week, according to a new study by Imperial College, which will...
Sep 11, 2020
Facebook launches legal action against Irish watchdog over data transfers
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc launched legal action on Friday against Ireland's Data Protection Commission in an attempt to end a proposed order that could stop it from transferring data from the European ...
Sep 11, 2020
Argentina debt deal opens door for $13 billion provincial revamp
By Hernan Nessi and Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's provinces from Buenos Aires to wine region Mendoza are readying to revamp a combined $13 billion in debt, after a successful sover...
Sep 11, 2020
Putin, Lukashenko to discuss relations, energy cooperation at September 14 meeting: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will meet in Russia's Black Sea city of Sochi on Sept. 14 to discuss energy cooperation and their two cou...
Sep 11, 2020
Tesla shares set to rally for third day after record slump
(Reuters) - A rebound in Tesla Inc shares was set to extend into a third straight session on Friday, recouping more of a record 21% drop earlier this week that wiped $80 billion off the electric-car m...
Sep 11, 2020
Spain sentences ex-Savaldoran officer to 133 years in jail over priests’ massacre
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court on Friday sentenced a former El Salvadoran army colonel to 133 years in prison for the murder of five Spanish Jesuit priests in 1989 during the Central American c...
Sep 11, 2020
IBM says U.S. should adopt new export controls on facial recognition systems
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - IBM Corp said on Friday the U.S. Commerce Department should adopt new controls to limit the export of facial recognition systems to repressive regimes that c...
Sep 11, 2020
