Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada's Ontario plans second minimum wage hike this year
(Reuters) - Ontario's ruling Progressive Conservative government said on Tuesday it plans to raise the hourly minimum wage by 50 Canadian cents beginning in October, in what would be the second hike i...
Apr 05, 2022
Cuba opens door to professional boxing after decades-long hiatus
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba announced this week that its top fighters would join the professional boxing circuit following decades of shying away from the sport after former leader Fidel ...
Apr 05, 2022
U.S. State Dept approves potential sale of air defense support to Taiwan -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of equipment, training and other items to support the Patriot Air Defense System in a deal valued at up to $9...
Apr 05, 2022
Starbucks' general counsel to leave as Schultz returns as CEO
(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp's general counsel, Rachel Gonzalez, was dismissed from her role as Howard Schultz returns to the chief executive position, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday. Gonza...
Apr 05, 2022
U.S. securities regulator reviewing internal 'control deficiency'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday said it has identified a "control deficiency" that gave enforcement staff access to certain adjudicatory memoranda m...
Apr 05, 2022
Golf-Life at the top not so different for world number one Scheffler
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Scottie Scheffler said his life has not changed very much since he capped his meteoric rise from obscurity to world number one last month, and that suits him just fine. The af...
Apr 05, 2022
Roadside burial for labourer shot through head in Ukraine's Bucha
(Please note: this story contains graphic descriptions) By Simon Gardner BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Sobbing uncontrollably, Serhii Lahovskyi nuzzles against the shrouded corpse of his closest childhoo...
Apr 05, 2022
Costa Rican president-elect, opposition leader pledge unity after vote
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica's president-elect Rodrigo Chaves and his defeated rival, former President Jose Maria Figueres, pledged unity after meeting on Tuesday, following an of...
Apr 05, 2022
Brazil's Workers Party guarantees open dialogue with businessmen if Lula wins
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - A dinner between Brazil's Workers Party (PT) leader Gleisi Hoffmann and 30 businessmen on Monday ended with two pieces of information well-received by the l...
Apr 05, 2022
Biden nominates first woman to lead U.S. military branch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he has nominated Admiral Linda Fagan to lead the U.S. Coast Guard and become the first female uniformed leader of a branch of the U.S. a...
Apr 05, 2022
