Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sudan security forces skirmish with demonstrators after protest deaths
By El Tayeb Siddig KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at protesters on Friday near the presidential palace in Khartoum, a day after nine people were reported killed during th...
Jul 01, 2022
Chile plans to raise copper mining royalties and reform tax system
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile's finance minister, Mario Marcel, on Friday introduced a tax reform bill that increases copper mining royalties on companies that produce more than 50,000 tonnes a year and r...
Jul 01, 2022
Cycling-Lampaert takes shock win in first stage of Tour de France
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Yves Lampaert of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl sprang a surprise to win stage one of the Tour de France on Friday, a 13.2 km individual time trial in Copenhagen, finishing five seconds...
Jul 01, 2022
Jailed South African paralympic star Pistorius met victim's father
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South Africa paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, last week met her father, a lawyer for the Steenkamp famil...
Jul 01, 2022
Boeing disappointed after China's top three airlines buy 300 Airbus planes
(Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Friday "it is disappointing that geopolitical differences continue to constrain U.S. aircraft exports" while responding to China's three biggest state-owned airlines buyi...
Jul 01, 2022
Colombia extradites accused drug cartel leader's sister to U.S
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia on Friday extradited to the United States a sister of accused major drug cartel leader Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel, to face drug trafficking charges, the national...
Jul 01, 2022
Biden: Not enough votes to change filibuster for abortion rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday there were not enough votes in the Senate to scrap a supermajority rule known as the filibuster to protect abortion rights after the Supr...
Jul 01, 2022
Black NFL coaches seek to question Commissioner Goodell in bias case
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three Black coaches who have accused the National Football League in a lawsuit of racist hiring practices want to question league Commissioner Roger Goodell under oat...
Jul 01, 2022
Abortion drug maker says Mississippi can't ban pill despite Supreme Court ruling
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -The maker of a drug used in medication abortions has told a federal judge that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling eliminating the nationwide right to abortion does no...
Jul 01, 2022
UNESCO declares borshch protected Ukrainian heritage at risk from Russian invasion
By Max Hunder KYIV/PARIS (Reuters) - Ukraine claimed victory in an age-old culinary dispute with Russia on Friday after the United Nations' cultural agency placed a traditional beetroot soup on its li...
Jul 01, 2022
