Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil to keep Car Wash anti-corruption squad active through at least January
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The office of Brazil's top prosecutor has decided to keep the Car Wash anti-corruption task force in the southern city of Curitiba active through Jan. 31, it said in a state...
Sep 09, 2020
Clinical Medvedev beats childhood friend to reach U.S. Open semi-finals
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Third seed Daniil Medvedev continued his march towards a first Grand Slam title on Wednesday powering into the U.S. Open semi-finals with a clinical 7-6(6) 6-3 7-6(5) victory over...
Sep 09, 2020
U.N. peacekeepers resume protection of Congo's Nobel Laureate
KINSHASA (Reuters) - United Nations peacekeepers on Wednesday resumed protection of Congo's Nobel Prize Laureate Denis Mukwege, who received death threats in recent weeks after he called for justice o...
Sep 09, 2020
Brazil registers 1,075 new coronavirus deaths: health ministry
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 35,816 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, as well as 1,075 deaths from the disease, the Health Ministry said on Wednes...
Sep 09, 2020
Piracy, other high seas crimes rise in Asia: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite the coronavirus pandemic, piracy and other crimes have surged in Asian waters in the first seven months of the year, many committed by a Philippines-based Islamist group...
Sep 09, 2020
Deutsche Bank U.S. unit pays $583,000 to settle Ukraine sanctions lapses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced two settlements totaling $583,100 with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to resolve investiga...
Sep 09, 2020
A scan of 10.3 million stars turns up no sign of aliens - yet
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Austral...
Sep 09, 2020
Motor racing: Mick Schumacher to drive father's 2004 Ferrari at Mugello
LONDON (Reuters) - Mick Schumacher will drive his father Michael's 2004 Ferrari around the Mugello circuit on Sunday ahead of a Tuscan Grand Prix celebrating the Italian team's 1,000th Formula One cha...
Sep 09, 2020
Trump pick for Latam bank poised for win after regional opposition fades
By Cassandra Garrison and Andrea Shalal BUENOS AIRES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to run Latin America's main financing institution appears poised to win the top job in th...
Sep 09, 2020
Reports: NBA draft could be delayed again
The 2020 NBA Draft could be moved back a month under a proposal agreed to by the NBA and National Basketball Players Association, according to multiple reports Wednesday. The draft is set to be held O...
Sep 09, 2020
