Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taliban show conciliatory face at first Kabul news conference
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban held their first official news conference in Kabul on Tuesday, promising to respect the rights of women, seek good relations with other countries and not to extract retri...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2021
France registers more than 100 deaths from Covid in a day again
PARIS (Reuters) - France registered 111 deaths from COVID-19 in hospitals on Tuesday, the first time since June 1 that the daily toll was more than 100, health ministry data showed. The new figures to...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2021
The Andersons to pay debt, invest in core units after rail business sale
By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. grain handler The Andersons plans to use $550 million from the sale of its rail leasing business to pay down debt and invest in sustainable farming and low carbo...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2021
Two former police officers reject plea offers in Jan. 6 case
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two former police officers from Rocky Mount, Virginia, have rejected initial plea deal offers by the U.S. Justice Department to resolve charges stemming from t...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2021
Paralympics-Female Afghan athlete makes plea for help to get to Tokyo
By Iain Axon LONDON (Reuters) - Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi made a plea for help on Tuesday as she sought to escape Kabul and revive her shattered dream of becoming the country's first female compe...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2021
GM workers' historic vote in Mexico tests new trade deal
By Daina Beth Solomon SILAO, Mexico (Reuters) - General Motors employee Mari says that for the past decade, she has felt powerless to demand higher pay at the plant in central Mexico that cranks out h...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2021
Czech president: NATO's failure in Afghanistan puts its legitimacy in question
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman said NATO had failed in Afghanistan and its legitimacy was in question, as he called for his country to focus to national defence rather than "wasting mo...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2021
Judge questions Fox News bid to shake $2.7 billion Smartmatic election suit
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -A New York state judge on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward Fox Corp's bid to dismiss Smartmatic's $2.7 billion lawsuit that accused Fox News hosts and guests of making defama...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2021
Aerospace startup Boom Supersonic aims to revive commercial supersonic air travel
(Reuters) - Boom Supersonic, an aerospace startup, hopes to resurrect faster-than-the-speed-of-sound commercial air travel across the Atlantic, not seen since the SST Concorde flown by British Airways...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2021
'What more can we take?': Haitian-Americans reel from earthquake
By Makini Brice (Reuters) - When Haitian-born Mathieu Eugene walks in the Brooklyn neighborhood he represents on the New York City Council, other immigrants from the country approach him to express th...
Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2021
