Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK watchdog says to investigate COVID-19 testing firms
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog said on Thursday it will help the government take action against COVID-19 testing companies if it finds they are breaching consumer law, am...
Aug 12, 2021
Dad Jamie Spears agrees to relinquish control over Britney Spears
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Jamie Spears has agreed to step down from his longtime role as conservator of his daughter Britney Spears' estate, the pop star's attorney said on Thursday. "We are pleased that...
Aug 12, 2021
No charges for YouTuber Jake Paul in 2020 Arizona looting
(Reuters) - YouTuber Jake Paul will not be charged in connection with a looting spree in Arizona last year, authorities said on Thursday. Paul, 24, known for his viral YouTube pranks, was being invest...
Aug 12, 2021
U.S. FTC chair calls for tougher stance on defense mergers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, responding to a letter from progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren, wrote in a letter released Thursday that she believed antitrust ...
Aug 12, 2021
Brazil reports 39,982 new coronavirus cases, 1,148 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 39,982 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 1,148 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. Brazil has r...
Aug 12, 2021
Samsung unit considers building battery plant in Illinois -senator
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samsung is considering a building a battery plant in central Illinois, Senator Dick Durbin told reporters on Thursday. Durbin said Samsung is in discussions ...
Aug 12, 2021
Algeria leader calls wildfires 'disaster', says 22 arsonists arrested
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria has arrested 22 people suspected of being behind the most devastating wildfires in the country's history that killed 65 people, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said on Thurs...
Aug 12, 2021
Soccer-PSG's signing of Messi rekindles debate on UEFA FFP rules
By Richard Martin (Reuters) - Paris St Germain's signing of Lionel Messi has re-ignited a debate over the effectiveness of UEFA's Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, which were designed to curb excessive...
Aug 12, 2021
Bodies of six men found hanging from a bridge in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The bodies of six men were found hanging off a bridge in the city of Zacatecas in north-central Mexico on Thursday, an official said, in a region where some of the country's bi...
Aug 12, 2021
FBI says accused Jan. 6 rioter tried to attack police at U.S. Capitol with Taser
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday ordered a Pennsylvania man who prosecutors accuse of running at police during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot with an electrical Taser device ...
Aug 12, 2021
