Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox-Microsoft-Activision deal joins mega mergers facing regulatory heat
(Reuters) - Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard has been blocked by Britain over concerns it would hinder competition in cloud gaming, dealing an unexpected...
Thomson Reuters Apr 26, 2023
Fake volunteers hope to disrupt Paris Olympics
By Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) - An anti-Olympics collective is aiming to disrupt next year's Paris Games by recruiting fake volunteers. Saccage 2024, which translates as Destruction 2024, has alrea...
Thomson Reuters Apr 26, 2023
Harry not criticising queen over hacking deal with Murdoch's UK group, court told
By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry is not criticising his grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth, or Britain's royal family over a "secret agreement" with Rupert Murdoch's ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 26, 2023
Activision Blizzard reports quarterly bookings above estimates
(Reuters) - Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard on Wednesday reported first-quarter bookings of $1.86 billion, compared with analysts' average estimate of $1.79 billion, according to Refinitiv. Ea...
Thomson Reuters Apr 26, 2023
Goldman shareholder criticizes CEO Solomon's leadership at annual meeting
By Tatiana Bautzer DALLAS (Reuters) - A Goldman Sachs Group Inc shareholder criticized its Chairman and CEO David Solomon on Wednesday and proposed its board appoint an independent chairman. "The Gold...
Thomson Reuters Apr 26, 2023
Ireland's Trinity College to drop philosopher Berkeley's name over slavery
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's oldest university, Trinity College Dublin, has announced it will remove the name of philosopher George Berkeley from one of its main libraries over his ownership of slaves...
Thomson Reuters Apr 26, 2023
White House welcomes Xi-Zelenskiy phone call
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday welcomed a phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskiy but said it was too soon to tell whether it wou...
Thomson Reuters Apr 26, 2023
Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has asked lawmakers to make clear in a proposed anti-homosexuality law that it is not criminal to merely identify as gay, as part of an attempt t...
Thomson Reuters Apr 26, 2023
Muddle-through is not enough for Argentina as peso faces fresh pressure
(Reuters) - Argentina's government could find it increasingly difficult to play it day-by-day until the presidential elections in October with depleted central bank reserves and political turmoil heap...
Thomson Reuters Apr 26, 2023
Fish rescued from dried-out river as drought, torrid heat hit Spain
By Horaci Garca and Albert Gea GIRONA, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish authorities rescued native fish from a river shrivelled by a prolonged drought on Wednesday, as the country endured abnormally high tem...
Thomson Reuters Apr 26, 2023
