Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Chipmaker SMIC inks $7.6 billion investment deal for wafer production
(Reuters) - China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) said on Friday it would establish a joint venture company to develop wafer production units in Beijing to bump up its semicond...
Jul 31, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. proposes house arrest for 'most dreaded' Taliban prisoners, to end stalemate
By Rupam Jain, Charlotte Greenfield and Jonathan Landay MUMBAI/ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has proposed that hundreds of Taliban prisoners be transferred to house arrest in a su...
Jul 31, 2020
Twitter bans account of former KKK leader David Duke
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Friday it has permanently suspended the account of David Duke, a former leader of the white supremacist group Ku Klux Klan, as the social media company tries to curb th...
Jul 31, 2020
Irish Muslims perform Eid prayers on symbolic Croke Park pitch
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Muslims performed prayers to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha on Friday in Dublin's Croke Park Gaelic sports stadium, a site of historic importance for Irish nationalists who ...
Jul 31, 2020
Apple briefly overtakes Saudi Aramco to become the world's largest company
(Reuters) - Apple Inc shares surged as much as 7.1% to a record high on Friday after reporting blockbuster quarterly results, helping the iPhone maker briefly overtake Saudi Aramco to become the world...
Jul 31, 2020
United Airlines to resume service on over 25 international routes in September
(Reuters) - United Airlines plans to resume service on more than 25 international routes in September, the U.S. carrier said on Friday, as many countries ease travel restrictions imposed to control th...
Jul 31, 2020
Three crew members on Norway cruise ship hospitalised with COVID-19
OSLO (Reuters) - Three members of the crew of Norwegian cruise vessel Roald Amundsen have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the University Hospital of North Norway told Reuters on Friday. All 160 crew mem...
Jul 31, 2020
First Amendment group files new suit against Trump over blocked Twitter users
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group on Friday filed a new suit against U.S. President Donald Trump demanding he unblock additional Twitter users from viewing his account. Trump lost a prior lawsuit in May ...
Jul 31, 2020
NIH investing $248.7 million in seven companies to scale up COVID-19 testing
(Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Friday it is investing $248.7 million in seven diagnostic companies with new testing technologies to increase their testing capacities and m...
Jul 31, 2020
U.S. to have permanent troop presence in Poland as defence pact agreed
WARSAW (Reuters) - The United States will establish a permanent military presence in Poland as it deploys around 1,000 additional U.S. troops there, Poland's Defence Ministry said on Friday. Poland is...
Jul 31, 2020
