Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India's Delhi government proposes making 25% of new cab registrations electric
By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Delhi city state government has proposed mandating a quarter of new cab registrations to be electric vehicles, according to a draft note by its transpor...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Syrian Kurds say Islamic State militants surrender after prison raid
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Kurdish-led forces said they raided part of a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in northeastern Syria and forced at least 300 of the militants to surrend...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Gainsborough's 'The Blue Boy' back on show in London after 100 years
By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - Thomas Gainsborough's 18th century painting "The Blue Boy" goes on show at London's National Gallery this week, 100 years after it was bought and shipped from Britain...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Factbox-Italian presidential elections shrouded in parliamentary secrecy
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian parliament convened on Monday to begin voting for a new head of state to replace the outgoing Sergio Mattarella. The voting procedure is complex, with ballots cast in secr...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court rejects House Republicans' challenge to pandemic-era voting rules
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by Republican lawmakers to pandemic-related proxy voting rules set by Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Democ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
"We're in trouble:" Kerry warns countries off track on climate goals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world is "not on a good track" to meet a global goal to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and needs to step up efforts to move away from fossil fuels this decade, Jo...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Tennis-Tsitsipas says chess mindset helped him past Fritz
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Stefanos Tsitsipas likened his five-set victory over Taylor Fritz in the Australian Open fourth round to a game of chess on Monday after needing all his powers of concentration t...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Ford to cut orders for hybrid pick up Maverick - WSJ
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is cutting off customer orders for the Maverick, a hybrid affordable pickup that the automaker had rolled out in June last year, the Wall Street Journal reported https://www....
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to race-conscious college admissions
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid to bar Harvard University and the University of North Carolina from considering race in undergraduate admissions in a c...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
GM set to launch behavior-based U.S. driver insurance in Q1 - executive
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - General Motors Co aims to launch an algorithm-based auto insurance plan by the end of the first quarter in some U.S. states that charges policyholders based on their driving...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
