Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In Justice Ginsburg’s footsteps: seven lawyers fighting for equality around the world
By Anastasia Moloney, Kim Harrisberg, Roli Srivastava, Nita Bhalla and Rina Chandran The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a champion of women's rights and prevailed over systemi...
Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2020
Betts first Dodger to have MLB's top selling jersey
(Reuters) - Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts has been a hit on and off the field in his first year with the team, finishing the season with the top selling jersey in Major League Baseball, ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2020
New balls, please! Nadal unhappy with French Open choice
PARIS (Reuters) - French Open organisers have had enough problems dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the dwindling number of fans on site and inclement weather but they faced another controversy on F...
Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2020
Duplantis wins in Doha to complete perfect season
DOHA (Reuters) - Swedish pole vaulter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis completed a perfect season when he beat world champion Sam Kendricks at the Doha Diamond League meeting on Friday, the last of a campaign...
Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2020
U.S. FTC moves for rehearing of Qualcomm antitrust defeat
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday filed a motion to rehear an antitrust lawsuit that it lost on appeal against chip firm Qualcomm Inc . The regulator asked the U.S. Ninth Circuit...
Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2020
Belarusian theatre directors unbowed by coronavirus, political exile
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Theatre director Natalia Kaliada says she was working under lockdown long before the coronavirus pandemic, forced to work at a distance with actors and others in he...
Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2020
France reports total coronavirus cases over 500,000 for first time
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported that its total number of coronavirus cases jumped over 500,000 for the first time, as it registered 15,797 new confirmed cases on Friday, just shy of a daily record o...
Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2020
U.S. tells judge it opposes TikTok effort to halt app store ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it will oppose a request from TikTok to delay an ban on U.S. app stores Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc Google set for late Sunday. The govern...
Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2020
Thai activists protest in front of king's German villa
TUTZING, Germany (Reuters) - Thai activists on Friday planted a symbolic plaque declaring Thailand belongs to the people in front of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's villa in Germany, as protests calling fo...
Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2020
Japan PM to tell U.N. Tokyo is determined to host Olympics next year
By Kiyoshi Takenaka (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is set to tell the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that Japan is determined to host the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 after th...
Thomson Reuters Sep 25, 2020
