Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ATP roundup: Jan-Lennard Struff saves five match points to win
Fifth-seeded Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany saved five match points in a 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory over Portugal's Joao Sousa in first-round action Tuesday at the Sardegna Open in Cagliari, Italy. Struff o...
Apr 06, 2021
U.S. SEC charges actor with operating $690 million Ponzi scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday it had charged actor Zachary Horwitz with operating a $690 million Ponzi scheme. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by...
Apr 06, 2021
Vaccine supply chains disrupted by U.S. restrictions: Curevac co-founder
BERLIN (Reuters) - Global supply chains for making COVID-19 vaccines have been disrupted by U.S. restrictions, creating headaches for companies seeking to build production in Europe, according to one ...
Apr 06, 2021
North Korea's Kim urges 'grass-roots' party members to be more proactive -KCNA
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called on "grass-roots" members of the ruling Workers' Party to be more proactive and responsible in carrying out the country's new ...
Apr 06, 2021
Punching out of poverty: Despite risks, 9-year-old Thai fighter eager to return to ring
By Athit Perawongmetha and Jiraporn Kuhakan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Thai kickboxer Pornpattara "Tata" Peachaurai is eager to get back in the ring after coronavirus curbs brought his fight se...
Apr 06, 2021
New UK regulator set to curb big tech's power over news publishers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's new regulator for tech giants Facebook and Google launches on Wednesday with an initial remit to see if a code of conduct could improve the balance of power between the pl...
Apr 06, 2021
Amnesty International says Russia may be slowly killing Navalny
PARIS (Reuters) - Alexei Navalny, the prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is incarcerated in conditions that amount to torture and may slowly be killing him, human rights group Amn...
Apr 06, 2021
Fox sues Flutter over disputed stake in sports betting firm FanDuel
(Reuters) - Fox Corp said on Tuesday it had filed a suit against Flutter Entertainment related to exercising its option to buy a 18.6% stake in U.S. sports betting firm FanDuel Group. Fox wants to pay...
Apr 06, 2021
'A biological Fukushima': Brazil COVID-19 deaths on track to pass worst of U.S. wave
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's brutal surge in COVID-19 deaths will soon surpass the worst of a record January wave in the United States, scientists forecast, with fatalities cli...
Apr 06, 2021
Amazon CEO Bezos, stung by wide criticism, endorses U.S. corporate tax hike
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc supports a hike in the U.S. corporate tax rate as part of an infrastructure overhaul, Jeff Bezos, chief executive of the largest U.S. retailer...
Apr 06, 2021
