Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. executes fifth federal prisoner after 17-year pause
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government executed Keith Nelson, a convicted child murderer, on Friday afternoon in its fifth execution since it resumed capital punishment this summer after a 17-year h...
Aug 28, 2020
Exclusive: Most U.S. states reject Trump administration’s new COVID-19 testing guidance
By Carl O'Donnell, Vishwadha Chander and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. states have rejected new Trump administration COVID-19 testing guidance in an extraordinary rebuke of the nat...
Aug 28, 2020
Brazilian airline Azul may shun government bailout, eyes private credit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian airline Azul SA may forego a bailout package offered by state bank BNDES, as the company believes it will be able to get credit at more favorable terms in the private s...
Aug 28, 2020
Party’s over for two TikTok stars charged in Los Angeles for pandemic parties
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two TikTok stars were charged on Friday for throwing parties in Los Angeles that flouted coronavirus restrictions on large gatherings. Bryce Hall, 21, and Blake Gray, 19, were ...
Aug 28, 2020
Value bulls bang drum for cheap stock resurgence on Fed, vaccine hopes
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - As U.S. stocks hit record highs, some investors are betting the market's future gains will be increasingly driven by some of its lesser-loved companies. Value st...
Aug 28, 2020
Argentina eyes tax on the rich to raise $4 billion for pandemic response
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's government is looking to raise around 300 billion pesos ($4 billion) through a one-off tax on the super-rich, in order to help pay for the coronavirus response, su...
Aug 28, 2020
U.S. warns Bannon co-defendant against social media posts that could threaten trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday said a co-defendant of Steve Bannon, an architect of Donald Trump's 2016 election, should not make social media posts that could undermine a fair tri...
Aug 28, 2020
COVID-19 reinfection detected in U.S. patient; saliva tests endorsed
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Aug 28, 2020
British foreign secretary condemns detention of journalists in Belarus
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Friday condemned what he said was the mass detention of over 50 journalists in Belarus on Thursday evening, including from the UK's publicl...
Aug 28, 2020
Walmart ad revenue could quickly jump if TikTok bid succeeds
By Melissa Fares NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart Inc could turn into an online advertising leader if its plan to acquire popular short-form video app TikTok goes through, analysts said on Friday. The pro...
Aug 28, 2020
