Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil prosecutors charge 16 in alleged soccer match-fixing scheme
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state prosecutors charged 16 people, including seven professional soccer players, with alleged match-fixing, in what threatens to be one of the largest such scandals si...
May 10, 2023
Son of jailed Hong Kong activist, U.S. congressman slam UK, Vatican over rights weakness
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The British son of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and a leading Catholic U.S. congressman criticized Britain and the Vatican on ...
May 10, 2023
Future ECB rate moves will be "more marginal", says Villeroy
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has travelled most of the way in its campaign to raise interest rates, French ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday, adding that fur...
May 10, 2023
Airbnb's gloomy forecast weighs on hotel, airline stocks
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gloomy forecast from vacation rental firm Airbnb weighed on travel-related stocks on Wednesday as an expected slowdown in bookings signaled an impending slump i...
May 10, 2023
Analysis-China keeps up campaign to pressure critics abroad despite Western backlash
By Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is facing a growing backlash from the United States and other Western governments over its controversial efforts t...
May 10, 2023
Feinstein says she will work a lighter schedule on return to U.S. Senate
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Wednesday she is ready to resume her duties but with a lighter schedule, after missing nearly three months du...
May 10, 2023
Altria agrees to $235 million settlement to resolve Juul-related cases
(Reuters) -Altria Group Inc said on Wednesday it had reached a $235 million settlement to resolve at least 6,000 Juul-related state and federal cases. E-cigarette maker Juul has been battling several ...
May 10, 2023
U.S. attorney general OKs transfer of forfeited funds from Russia oligarch for use in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has authorized the first transfer of forfeited Russian assets for use in Ukraine, he said on Wednesday. The Justice Department last year ch...
May 10, 2023
Golf-Woods not included in field list for PGA Championship
(Reuters) - Tiger Woods was not on the full field list for next week's PGA Championship, the golf major's organisers said on Wednesday, as the 15-times major champion continues to recover from an ankl...
May 10, 2023
Brazil's crusading justice Moraes ratchets up fight with global tech giants
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's electoral authority, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, delivered a stern warning to the world's top tech companies on Wednesday, say...
May 10, 2023
