Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spotify, Hollywood producer Chernin to adapt podcast shows for films, TV
(Reuters) - Spotify Technology SA has signed a deal with Hollywood production house Chernin Entertainment to adapt the music streaming firm's podcast shows for films and television and sell them to ot...
Sep 24, 2020
Palestinian rivals agree to hold election in six months
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta GAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian factions have agreed to hold an election within six months, in the latest of many attempts to end more than a deca...
Sep 24, 2020
South African hit 'Jerusalema' inspires people worldwide to shake off COVID-19 blues
JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - From Sao Paulo to Sweden, thousands of people around the world, including priests, police, ministers and frontline workers, have posted clips of themselves dancing t...
Sep 24, 2020
Global economic outlook 'somewhat less dire' than expected: IMF
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global economic outlook is not quite as dark as expected even just three months ago, a top International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday, citing better than anticipa...
Sep 24, 2020
IMF plans 'milestone' staff visit to Argentina in early October: spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is engaged in a "very fluid and constructive dialogue" with Argentine authorities and is working on plans for a staff-level visit in early Octobe...
Sep 24, 2020
LEADING OFF: Padres check Clevinger, Burnes’ ERA title bid
A look at what's happening around the majors on Thursday: PADRES PREDICAMENT Fresh off clinching their first playoff berth in 14 seasons, San Diego is hoping for good news concerning Mike Clevinger. C...
Sep 24, 2020
Trump jeered as he visits Ginsburg's casket at U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump was greeted with jeers and boos on Thursday as he visited the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's flag-draped coffin outside the U.S. Su...
Sep 24, 2020
UK's Integumen unveils prototype COVID-19 breath test
LONDON (Reuters) - Integumen, a British company that developed a system to detect the COVID-19 virus in waste water, said the same technology could be deployed in a personalised breath test that could...
Sep 24, 2020
Slovak conservatives hope to tighten abortion law, rights groups protest
By Radoslav Stoklasa BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Christian lawmakers in Slovakia hope to win parliamentary approval for a tightening of abortion rules in a vote expected on Friday, part of a trend towards ...
Sep 24, 2020
Top U.S. markets watchdog says blank-check IPOs offer 'healthy competition'
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday said special purpose acquisition companies (SPACS) offer "healthy competition" to trad...
Sep 24, 2020
