Author Archives: Syndicated Content
DE Shaw, executives must pay $52 million to ex-money manager, arbitration panel says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The prominent U.S. hedge fund DE Shaw and four senior executives must pay $52.1 million to a former top money manager who accused the firm of defamation, an arbitration panel rule...
Jun 30, 2022
Peru's Machu Picchu threatened by wildfire
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian firefighters were fighting to contain a forest fire near the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu on Thursday, as the blaze threatened to close in on the ancient city high in the Ande...
Jun 30, 2022
U.S. delegation fails to secure release of Americans in Venezuela visit
By Matt Spetalnick and Vivian Sequera WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - A U.S. delegation led by President Joe Biden's chief hostage negotiator ended a visit to Venezuela on Thursday after failing to sec...
Jun 30, 2022
N.Korea says COVID outbreak began with patients touching 'alien things' near border with S.Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea concluded that its first COVID outbreak began with patients touching "alien things" near the border with South Korea, its state media reported on Friday. "It was known th...
Jun 30, 2022
Bitcoin falls below $19,000, further shaking crypto markets
(Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped 6.1% to $18,866.77 at 2004 GMT on Thursday, putting the biggest and best-known cryptocurrency down $1,226.41 from its previous close and down 60.9% from the year's high of ...
Jun 30, 2022
Baby giraffe born in Santiago Zoo in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Santiago Zoo in Chile has a new resident: a male giraffe calf weighing almost 100 kilograms (220 pounds) and measuring 2 meters (6.5 feet). The baby giraffe was presented to t...
Jun 30, 2022
Israel's eToro to abandon deal to go public via SPAC merger -The Information
(Reuters) -Online brokerage eToro and Betsy Cohen-backed blank-check firm FinTech Acquisition Corp V are planning to let the deadline for their merger pass without closing the deal, The Information re...
Jun 30, 2022
Tennis-Gauff unleashes power serve to down second-round foe Buzarnescu
LONDON (Reuters) - It was an easy day at the office for American teenager Coco Gauff, who unleashed her mighty serve to beat Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-2 6-3 in the Wimbledon second round on Thursd...
Jun 30, 2022
Tennis-Gauff launches 122 mph fastest serve at Wimbledon
LONDON (Reuters) - American Coco Gauff made jaws drop as she launched a 122 mile per hour (mph) rocket across the net in the Wimbledon second round on Thursday, the fastest serve so far in the women's...
Jun 30, 2022
Ecuador's government, indigenous leaders reach agreement ending protests
By Alexandra Valencia (Reuters) -Ecuador's government and indigenous groups' leaders on Thursday reached an agreement to end more than two weeks of protests against the social and economic policies of...
Jun 30, 2022
