Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Motor racing-Hamilton says F1 is an extreme sport and should stay so
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Formula One is an extreme sport and needs to stay so, seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton said in response to concern about driver safety after a gruelling Qatar Grand ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2023
Powerful Mexican oil union boss who became symbol of corruption dies at 79
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY, October 20 (Reuters) - Carlos Romero Deschamps, the former longtime and controversial leader of Mexico's oil workers' union and politician, has died at the age of 79, offic...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2023
Exclusive-Former US firearms investigator illegally trafficked guns to Mexico, govt. doc alleges
By Sarah Kinosian and Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY (Reuters) - Jose Luis Meneses, a Mexican national who worked as an investigator for ATF at the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana, admitted to buying firearm ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2023
Esports group Faze Clan bought by Jerry Jones-backed GameSquare
(Reuters) - Faze Holdings, the esports company that was once valued at $1 billion, is being bought by peer GameSquare in an all-stock deal after mounting losses slammed its share price. The companies ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2023
Hamas says it releases two US hostages 'for humanitarian reasons' after Qatari efforts
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Enas Alashray GAZA (Reuters) -Hamas' armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, has released two U.S. hostages from Gaza - a mother and her daughter - "for humanitarian r...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2023
Flaring incidents rise in the Permian due to Texas heatwave - Enverus
(Reuters) - Extreme heatwaves in Texas fueled a 22% rise in flaring incidents in the Permian shale basin in the 12 months ended September, analytics firm Enverus said in a note. Satellite data from th...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2023
US Republican senators ask tech firms about content moderation in Israel-Hamas war
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel's Republican lawmakers sent a letter on Friday to tech companies Meta Platforms, Google, TikTok and X, formerly called Twitter, seeking inf...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2023
Turkey's Erdogan calls on Israel to stop attacks on Gaza 'amounting to genocide'
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, which he said amounted to genocide, and urged governments worldwide to work for a humanitaria...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2023
Another Trump lawyer reaches plea deal with Georgia prosecutors
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -A second lawyer who represented Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, Kenneth Chesebro, pleaded guilty on Friday to illegal efforts to reverse the former U.S. presi...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2023
US banking regulators extend feedback window for contentious capital proposal
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trio of U.S. banking regulators announced on Friday they were giving the public extra time to digest and provide feedback on a broad proposal to raise bank c...
Thomson Reuters Oct 20, 2023
