Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Lithium giant Albemarle locks horns with Chile over reserves data
By Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Albemarle , the world's largest lithium producer, is locked in a feud with Chilean regulators over how it calculates its reserves of the ultralight metal, a poten...
Sep 10, 2020
Europe’s creative industry slams EU Commission for rewriting copyright rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's creative industry has criticised the European Commission's consultation on new EU copyright rules for departing from the original directive agreed last ye...
Sep 10, 2020
UK records 2,919 new daily COVID cases
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 2,919 new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Thursday, compared with 2,659 a day earlier. Daily case numbers ha...
Sep 10, 2020
Republicans back Trump despite reports he called soldiers ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Half of Americans believe media reports that President Donald Trump referred to U.S. soldiers as "suckers" and "losers," despite his denials, but the alleged comment...
Sep 10, 2020
Ex-Trump adviser Cohn, Robbins raises extra $108 million for blank-check company: source
By Joshua Franklin BOSTON (Reuters) - Gary Cohn, the former economic adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump and investor Clifton S. Robbins have upped the funds raised for their blank-check acquisitio...
Sep 10, 2020
Wildfires burn up entire U.S west coast, at least seven dead
By Carlos Barria and Adrees Latif TALENT, Ore./EAGLE POINT, Ore. (Reuters) - An unprecedented spate of fierce, wind-driven wildfires in all U.S. West Coast states have destroyed thousands of homes and...
Sep 10, 2020
AstraZeneca vaccine trial pause a ‘wake-up call’, says WHO
By Michael Shields and John Miller GENEVA (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's pause of an experimental vaccine for the coronavirus after the illness of a participant is a "wake-up call" but should not discourag...
Sep 10, 2020
Swiss Hirschi wins Tour de France stage 12 as Roglic stays in yellow
SARRAN, France (Reuters) - Swiss Marc Hirschi won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 218-km bumpy trek from Chauvigny on Thursday. France's Pierre Rolland was second and Dane Soren Kragh Andersen...
Sep 10, 2020
Brazilian official for uncontacted Amazon tribes killed by indigenous arrow
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A government official and leading expert on isolated Amazon tribes was killed by an arrow that struck him in the chest as he approached an indigenous group he was seeking to shiel...
Sep 10, 2020
U.S. has charged 57 people in PPP fraud cases, Justice Department says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department has charged 57 people since May with trying to steal more than $175 million from the Paycheck Protection Program designed to help Americans during the cor...
Sep 10, 2020
