Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Poland seeks EU climate policy rethink amid high energy prices
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Poland on Monday called for the European Union to cancel or delay parts of its plan to tackle climate change ahead of a summit at which EU leaders will wrangle over...
Thomson Reuters Oct 18, 2021
Biden administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion aft...
Thomson Reuters Oct 18, 2021
Former security services executives plead guilty to rigging bids for U.S. security contracts
(Reuters) - Two former employees of security company G4S Secure Solutions NV pleaded guilty to criminal antitrust charges stemming from their involvement in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices, and a...
Thomson Reuters Oct 18, 2021
Burundi launches COVID-19 vaccination drive
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Burundi on Monday rolled out its first COVID-19 vaccines, months after most African countries, the latest step in the East African nation's shift towards a more active approach t...
Thomson Reuters Oct 18, 2021
Walmart-backed Symbotic, SoftBank SPAC in talks for $4.5 billion merger - Sky News
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc-backed robotics and automation company Symbotic is in talks to merge with a blank-check vehicle backed by SoftBank Group Corp in a deal that would value the combined firm at $4...
Thomson Reuters Oct 18, 2021
Record haul of cocaine seized from sailboat off Portugal's coast
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira ALMADA, Portugal (Reuters) - Portuguese and Spanish authorities have seized 5.2 tonnes of cocaine from a sailboat on the high seas and arrested three suspects, in...
Thomson Reuters Oct 18, 2021
Venezuela envoy Alex Saab to be arraigned in U.S. court on money laundering charges
(Reuters) - Alex Saab, a businessman accused of laundering money on behalf of Venezuela's government, will be arraigned in Florida federal court on Monday, in a case that pits the United States agains...
Thomson Reuters Oct 18, 2021
Chip tech firm Arm plans to slash development time for connected devices
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Arm Ltd, the British chip technology firm in the midst of a $54 billion takeover by Nvidia Corp, on Monday announced tools aimed at cutting the development ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 18, 2021
Egyptian activists appear in court following two-year detention
CAIRO (Reuters) - The trial of prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and two others on charges of spreading fake news began on Monday, a judicial source said, following their detention for mor...
Thomson Reuters Oct 18, 2021
Jury selection to start in trial over killing of Black jogger in Georgia
By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The judge overseeing the trial of three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, in Glynn County in coastal Georgia said potential j...
Thomson Reuters Oct 18, 2021
