Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. FTC's Lina Khan confirmation hearing set for next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a confirmation hearing next week for Lina Khan, who has advocated the breakup of tech giants, on her nomination to the Federal Trade Comm...
Apr 15, 2021
France outlaws sex with minors
PARIS (Reuters) - The French parliament on Thursday adopted legislation that characterises sex with a child under the age of 15 as rape and punishable by up to 20 years in jail, bringing its penal cod...
Apr 15, 2021
Former U.S. Vice President Pence received heart pacemaker, full recovery expected -spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence received a heart pacemaker device during a routine surgery on Wednesday and is expected to fully recover, a spokesman said on Thursday. Pen...
Apr 15, 2021
In fight against COVID-19, Portugal continues to cautiously ease lockdown
By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Most Portuguese regions will enter the third phase of easing the COVID-19 lockdown next week, but stricter rules will stay in place in munici...
Apr 15, 2021
Southwest recalls another 382 pilots ahead of summer travel
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines said on Thursday it would recall another 382 pilots from a voluntary leave program as airlines prepare for a recovery in demand in the summer. The pilots will return to ...
Apr 15, 2021
Soccer: MLS looking ahead with optimism despite COVID-19 hangover
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - It was an eventful 25th anniversary for Major League Soccer last season but not the celebration commissioner Don Garber had planned as the COVID-19 pandemic spoiled the pa...
Apr 15, 2021
Olympics: I was done but something changed - Tokyo allure irresistible to Brownlee
By Peter Hall LEEDS, England (Reuters) - Alistair Brownlee was done with the Olympics. Having won triathlon gold in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro four years later, Tokyo, even with the event delay...
Apr 15, 2021
Turkish, Greek foreign ministers trade accusations at news conference
By Ali Kucukgocmen and George Georgiopoulos ANKARA (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Turkey and Greece clashed openly on Thursday at a joint news conference in Ankara that began with hopes of impro...
Apr 15, 2021
'Like Godzilla, but actually real': study shows T. rex numbered 2.5 billion
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If one Tyrannosaurus rex - the school bus-sized meat-eating dinosaur that stalked the Cretaceous Period landscape - seems impressive, how about 2.5 billion of the...
Apr 15, 2021
Robinhood sues to invalidate Massachusetts fiduciary rule
BOSTON (Reuters) - Online brokerage Robinhood on Thursday sued to invalidate Massachusetts' recently-adopted fiduciary rule and block state regulators from proceeding with charges it encourages inexpe...
Apr 15, 2021
