Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Global wine output squeezed as coronavirus crisis weighs
PARIS (Reuters) - Global wine production will remain below the five-year average this year, dented by low South American volumes and European Union output caps after the coronavirus crisis sent sales ...
Oct 27, 2020
Former California police captain pleads guilty in eBay cyberstalking case
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former police captain who went on to work for eBay Inc pleaded guilty on Tuesday to participating in a cyberstalking campaign against a Massachusetts couple whose ...
Oct 27, 2020
Republican former U.S. Attorneys endorse Biden, call Trump threat to rule of law
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twenty former Republican U.S. Attorneys on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of threatening the rule of law as they declared their support for Democratic White...
Oct 27, 2020
Airplane COVID-19 risk 'very low' with masks, other actions, report finds
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Transmission risks of COVID-19 during airline flights are very low and below other routine activities during the pandemic such as grocery shopping or going o...
Oct 27, 2020
Saudia airline faces claim over 50 leased Airbus planes: documents
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines is facing a claim in London's High Court filed last month by a Dubai-based financial services firm over an alleged breach of le...
Oct 27, 2020
Elaborate Somali insurgent tax system collects almost as much as government
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Somali insurgent group al Shabaab collects almost as much tax as the government through a sophisticated system of levies on activities from importing goods...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. consumer confidence dips in October
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence fell in October, in line with expectations that economic activity would slow in the fourth quarter as the boost from fiscal stimulus fades. The Conferen...
Oct 27, 2020
DuckDuckGo, rivals want EU's Vestager to set up Google meeting
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. search engine DuckDuckGo and four of its European peers on Tuesday asked EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager to arrange a meeting with Google to resolve con...
Oct 27, 2020
Opposition urges more Belarusians to back strike in face of 'colossal pressure'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya appealed to Belarusians on Tuesday to throw their support behind a national strike to oust President Alexander Lukashenko, but the governm...
Oct 27, 2020
Thai zombie seller cashes in on threads of the dead
By Jiraporn Kuhakan PHETCHABUN, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai online retailer Kanittha Thongnak has captured a market of thousands by dressing up as a zombie to sell the clothes of dead people in sales st...
Oct 27, 2020
