Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sunak's tax break plan pushes UK manufacturers to invest, survey shows
LONDON (Reuters) - A plan by Britain's finance minister Rishi Sunak to use a two-year "super-deduction" tax break to encourage companies to invest appears to be working, according to a manufacturing s...
Apr 05, 2021
Natural order restored as spectators return to Augusta National
(Corrects typo in headline) By Andrew Both AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - The natural order was restored -- kind of -- as Masters week began under an azure April sky in front of appreciative spectators at A...
Apr 05, 2021
Colombia to allow private imports of COVID-19 vaccine, but shots must be free
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will allow the private importation of COVID-19 vaccines, the health ministry said on Monday, but the shots must be free for those being inoculated. The Andean country plans...
Apr 05, 2021
Rejuvenated Woosie back at Masters 30 years after winning
By Andrew Both AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - A pain-racked Ian Woosnam said two years ago that he had played his final Masters, but the rejuvenated Welshman is back for another crack at Augusta National th...
Apr 05, 2021
Family of UK's Captain Tom call for fundraising celebration
By Ben Makori LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Britain's Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who lifted a nation's spirits during the pandemic, are calling for people to come together and rai...
Apr 05, 2021
U.S. lawmakers urge USTR Tai to seek removal of UK, EU whiskey tariffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 50 members of Congress on Monday urged U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to take action to secure removal of 25% tariffs on American Whiskey imposed by the European U...
Apr 05, 2021
Chicago mayor urges new police foot-chase policy after boy shot and killed
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday called for the city to create a new foot-pursuit policy after a police officer shot and killed an 13-year-old boy during a...
Apr 05, 2021
U.S. state officials urge Garland to reverse Trump positions on climate deception cases
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The attorneys general of five U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Monday called on President Joe Biden's Justice Department to withdraw legal briefs...
Apr 05, 2021
Georgia voting debate reaches the Masters and Augusta National
By Andrew Both AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Golfers arriving for The Masters at Augusta National on Monday were nudged into addressing Georgia's new voting restrictions debate, but tried to steer clear of...
Apr 05, 2021
U.S. Senate parliamentarian says reconciliation can be used to pass legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate parliamentarian has issued an opinion that a revised budget resolution may contain budget reconciliation instructions, U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer's ...
Apr 05, 2021
