Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Amazon broke virus safety vows, workers say: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has reinstated warehouse productivity quotas despite telling a judge it was suspending them during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a cour...
Oct 14, 2020
Ships wait to unload at Port of Los Angeles as imports boom
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Incoming cargo to the Port of Los Angeles is surging as businesses restock depleted inventories and retailers prepare for an early holiday season, the executi...
Oct 14, 2020
UK PM Johnson tells EU he is 'disappointed' with Brexit deal progress
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that he was disappointed there had not been more progress in Brexit trade talks,...
Oct 14, 2020
Pro Bowl game will not take place, league says
(Reuters) - The 2021 NFL Pro Bowl game will not take place in its standard format, the league said on Wednesday, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has forced numerous safety precautions and a...
Oct 14, 2020
European Union agrees to help Mozambique tackle insurgency: statement
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The European Union has granted Mozambique's request for assistance in tackling a wave of attacks in the country's north by rebels with links to Islamic State, the EU delegatio...
Oct 14, 2020
The robot dolphin that could replace captive animals at theme parks one day
By Nathan Frandino HAYWARD, Calif. (Reuters) - Darting around the pool as a group of swimmers stands in the shallow end, the dolphin looks much like those that jump through hoops and perform acrobatic...
Oct 14, 2020
New detail emerges in case of New York white woman charged with making false report against Black man
By Peter Szekely NEW YORK (Reuters) - A white woman who became an internet video sensation in May over a racial incident in New York's Central Park not only falsely claimed that a Black man threatened...
Oct 14, 2020
NY Fed's Logan: Fed moved quickly to address market dislocations in spring
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve moved quickly and broadly to address broad based selling of Treasury securities and other assets that caused notable dislocations in markets, a senior New York Fed offi...
Oct 14, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. states oppose settlement being negotiated by OxyContin maker Purdue and Justice Department - letter
By Mike Spector NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of 25 state attorneys general oppose a settlement of U.S. opioid probes being negotiated with Purdue Pharma LP and members of the wealthy Sackler family wh...
Oct 14, 2020
Lebanon's president postpones talks on nominating new prime minister
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's President Michel Aoun has postponed by a week consultations aimed at choosing a prime minister to form a new government to tackle the country's worst economic crisis since...
Oct 14, 2020
