Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Daughter of Belgium's former king wins long battle to become princess
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Belgian artist who has fought a seven-year legal battle to prove that Belgium's former King Albert II is her father secured a literally crowning success in cou...
Oct 01, 2020
Vikings back at practice after precautionary virus pause
By: Dave Campbell The Minnesota Vikings reopened their headquarters for team activities on Thursday, following another morning of zero positive COVID-19 test results four days after playing a Tennesse...
Oct 01, 2020
Show must go on as Queen and Adam Lambert release first live album
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Grounded by the coronavirus pandemic, rock band Queen release a live album on Friday to cheer up "stuck at home" fans that showcases highlights of concerts from Rio...
Oct 01, 2020
Goldman to buy GM's credit card unit for $2.5 billion - WSJ
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is buying General Motors Co's credit card business for about $2.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The...
Oct 01, 2020
Ivory Coast raises 2020/21 cocoa farmgate price by 21%
By Ange Aboa YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Ivory Coast has raised the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers more than 21% to 1,000 CFA Francs ($1.80) per kg for the main crop of the 2020/...
Oct 01, 2020
HHS says Gilead, distributor can directly sell COVID-19 drug in U.S.
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Thursday that U.S. hospitals can now buy Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral COVID-19 drug remdesivir from the company and its di...
Oct 01, 2020
End of third-quarter shows bright spots, holes in U.S. economic recovery
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economic recovery continued to advance at a slow pace over the past week, with signs that businesses were still rehiring workers but also that a gus...
Oct 01, 2020
Anisimova faces Halep in rematch, hoping to dedicate win to father
(Reuters) - Amanda Anisimova meets top seed Simona Halep in the third round of the French Open on Friday in a highly-anticipated rematch of last year's quarter-final, which the American teenager won. ...
Oct 01, 2020
U.S. defense chief's rare Algeria visit points to Sahel region threats
ALGIERS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper made a rare visit to Algeria on Thursday for talks with the president about war-torn Libya and the troubled Sahel region to the south of the Sa...
Oct 01, 2020
Canada reintroduces bill banning LGBT conversion therapy
By Mahad Arale TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada has reintroduced a bill on Thursday that will criminalize LGBT conversion therapy, a federal minister said after an earlier effort to ban the practice failed ...
Oct 01, 2020
