Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'The Best Show'? How Real Madrid's Perez struck a deal too far
By Jess Aguado, Pamela Barbaglia and Elvira Pollina MADRID (Reuters) - Florentino Perez is not used to losing, either when signing soccer stars to grace the immaculate turf of Madrid's Santiago Bernab...
Apr 23, 2021
Italy's 5-Star splits with web platform as it heads towards mainstream
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 5-Star Movement on Friday parted company with its co-founders at the firm that provides its internet platform as new leadership transforms a protest party committed to web-bas...
Apr 23, 2021
Canada's top court rules U.S.-based First Nation maintains rights across the border
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the descendants of the U.S.-based Sinixt nation maintained ancestral land rights even after members moved south in the 19th century, a la...
Apr 23, 2021
U.S. manufacturing activity accelerates in early April; supply constraints worsening
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. factory activity powered ahead in early April, but manufacturers increasingly struggled to source raw materials and other inputs as a reopening economy le...
Apr 23, 2021
Russia jails aviation lecturer for 20 years for treason
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced a senior lecturer at an aviation institute to 20 years in jail on Friday after finding him guilty on treason charges, it said, the latest in a series of su...
Apr 23, 2021
Film, TV firms call for content purge by China's short video platforms
BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 70 Chinese film and television show makers and associations called for short video platforms to immediately take down any of their content which was being used without au...
Apr 23, 2021
Why India is facing an oxygen crisis as COVID cases mount
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - By air, by train and by road, India is scrambling to move large quantities of medical oxygen to hospitals in its capital New Delhi and other areas hit hard by ...
Apr 23, 2021
Alphabet unit Wing seeks FAA OK to help expand U.S. drone operations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Wing Aviation asked the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to waive some drone rules, a move that would allow it expand operations beyond a small city in V...
Apr 23, 2021
Miner takes on Albania's political heavyweights at ballot box
By Fatos Bytyci BULQIZE, Albania (Reuters) - A national election in Albania on Sunday looks too close to call - but third-generation miner and first-time parliamentary candidate Elton Debreshi won't b...
Apr 23, 2021
Saudi Arabia bans Lebanese produce over drug smuggling
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will ban fruits and vegetables originating from Lebanon from entering or passing through the kingdom due to an increase in drug smuggling, Saudi state media reported on...
Apr 23, 2021
