Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sarah Palin's defamation trial against New York Times set to begin
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sarah Palin and the New York Times are set to face off in a New York courtroom on Monday at a trial in which the 2008 Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Alaska...
Jan 24, 2022
Analysis-A digital dollar is years away as U.S. Fed kicks issue to Congress
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While the Federal Reserve's paper on potentially adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will advance debate in Washington, its decision to kick the is...
Jan 24, 2022
Michael Avenatti, U.S. lawyer who battled Trump, goes on trial in fraud case
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyer Michael Avenatti, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, goes on trial on Monday on charges he defrauded his former client, adult film star Stormy D...
Jan 24, 2022
NASA's new space telescope nears destination in solar orbit
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, designed to give the world an unprecedented glimpse into the earliest stages of the universe, neared its gravitational parking space on M...
Jan 24, 2022
Oath Keepers founder Rhodes to seek release ahead of U.S. sedition trial
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Monday will argue that Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers, should remain in custody while he awaits trial on seditious conspi...
Jan 24, 2022
WikiLeaks' Assange can take extradition appeal to UK's top court
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be able to go to Britain's Supreme Court to challenge a decision allowing him to be extradited to the United States to face 18 criminal charges...
Jan 24, 2022
Tennis-Swiatek rallies to reach maiden Australian Open quarter-final
By Sudipto Ganguly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Seventh seed Iga Swiatek rallied from a set down to edge Romania's Sorana Cirstea 5-7 6-3 6-3 in a baseline slugfest on Monday to book a spot in the last eight...
Jan 24, 2022
Japan set to widen COVID-19 curbs over most of the country amid Omicron surge
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Monday prepared to double the number of regions enacting shortened operating hours for restaurants and other infection curbs to contain a record surge in COVID-19 cases. The...
Jan 24, 2022
NATO sends ships and jets to eastern Europe in Ukraine crisis
By Pavel Polityuk and Sabine Siebold KYIV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets in response to Russi...
Jan 24, 2022
WHO head says 'dangerous' to assume pandemic is nearing end
(Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it would be dangerous to assume that the highly transmissable Omicron was the last variant to emerge and that the world was i...
Jan 24, 2022
