Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Romania's PM-designate fails to win parliament confidence
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's designated Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos failed to win a parliamentary vote of confidence for his centrist minority government, as widely expected on Wednesday, prolongi...
Oct 20, 2021
Ethiopia says air strike in Mekelle targeted TPLF facility
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An Ethiopian government spokesperson said a federal air strike on Wednesday in Mekelle, the Tigray regional capital, targeted buildings where rebellious Tigrayan forces were re...
Oct 20, 2021
EU court backs Lufthansa, easyJet deals over Air Berlin assets
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's second top court on Wednesday backed German airline Lufthansa and British peer easyJet's acquisitions of insolvent German carrier Air Berlin's assets four years ago. The ...
Oct 20, 2021
Astros awaken for 7 in 9th, beat Boston 9-2 to tie ALCS 2-2
by Jimmy Golen BOSTON - Six outs from falling behind 3-1 in the AL Championship Series and facing elimination in Game 5 in Boston - where the Red Sox had yet to lose this postseason - the Houston Astr...
Oct 20, 2021
Poland's daily COVID cases exceed 5,000 for first time since May
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported over 5,000 daily COVID-19 cases for the first time since May on Wednesday, Health Ministry data showed. The country of around 38 million people reported 5,559 new ca...
Oct 20, 2021
Wage dispute deepens at German public banks as inflation fears persist
By Tom Sims and Frank Siebelt FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A labour dispute at Germany's public-sector banks deepened on Wednesday after a third round of talks failed to reach agreement, with inflation fears...
Oct 20, 2021
UBS warned Santander it would apply compensation rules to Orcel if he left
MADRID (Reuters) - Axel Weber, the chairman of UBS, warned his Santander counterpart Ana Botin in September 2018 the Swiss bank would apply compensation rules to Andrea Orcel in case he quit, the Swis...
Oct 20, 2021
Britain fines Facebook $70 million for breaching order in Giphy deal
(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator has fined Facebook 50.5 million pounds ($69.6 million) for breaching an order imposed during its investigation into the U.S. social media giant's purchase o...
Oct 20, 2021
Biden heads to birthplace to tout infrastructure, spending packages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden heads to his birthplace of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to tout his social spending and infrastructure packages as fellow Democrats in Washingto...
Oct 20, 2021
In Kabul clinic, Taliban and the soldiers they fought confront wounds of war
By Jorge Silva KABUL (Reuters) - Former Taliban fighter Mohammad Ishaq, who spent years battling Western troops and local forces in Afghanistan, lost his leg in combat and is now learning to walk with...
Oct 20, 2021
