Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. housing finance regulator unveils new capital framework for Fannie, Freddie
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. regulator charged with overseeing housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unveiled Thursday a proposed rewrite of rules boosting how much capital th...
May 20, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. has not cut Afghan security funds despite Pompeo vow of immediate slash - sources
By Arshad Mohammed, Jonathan Landay and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department has not withheld $1 billion in funding from Afghan security forces despite Secretary of State Mike...
May 20, 2020
Four Democratic U.S. senators warn against Uber buying Grubhub
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four Democratic lawmakers, led by Senator Amy Klobuchar, wrote to antitrust enforcers on Wednesday to warn that plans by Uber Technologies Inc, owner of Uber Eats, to buy rival ...
May 20, 2020
U.S. schools should only reopen with social distancing as benchmarks met: CDC
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. schools shuttered by the coronavirus should pursue a carefully phased reopening only after public health benchmarks are met, and summer camps should be limi...
May 20, 2020
Trump ouster of inspectors general threatens coronavirus stimulus watchdog
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's purge of several internal watchdogs at U.S. agencies could hobble anti-fraud oversight for the $3 trillion in federal relief measures ...
May 20, 2020
HBO Max grants fans' wishes to see unreleased cut of 'Justice League'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A previously unreleased version of 2017 superhero movie "Justice League" by director Zack Snyder will debut on the HBO Max streaming service in 2021, executives said on Wednesd...
May 20, 2020
For first time, scientists spot an alien planet as it is being formed
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have gazed into what appears to be a planetary maternity ward, observing for the first time within a huge disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a new...
May 20, 2020
Peru's confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 100,000: health ministry
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 100,000, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday. There are 104,020 confirmed cases in the South American country, which ha...
May 20, 2020
Botswana to end 48-day lockdown at midnight
GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana will end a 48-day lockdown at midnight on Wednesday, allowing all businesses and schools to reopen under strict conditions as it tries to restart an economy hit by the co...
May 20, 2020
Algerian activists jailed for criticising authorities, rights group says
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria has jailed three activists on charges including threatening national unity for criticising President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and the judiciary, a group defending detainees sai...
May 20, 2020
