Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Republican senator gives Trump 'big stick' to carry as election nears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Lamar Alexander, who ran unsuccessfully for the White House in 1996 and 2000, handed Donald Trump a 5-foot walking cane after a White House event on Tuesday, ...
Aug 04, 2020
U.S. Energy Department recommends granting partial retroactive waivers to refiners: sources
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy has recommended that some of the oil refiners that applied for retroactive exemptions from the nation's biofuel blending law be gr...
Aug 04, 2020
Jordan delays resuming international flights after COVID-19 surge abroad
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan on Tuesday postponed a resumption of international flight services that was planned for Wednesday almost five months after they were suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak,...
Aug 04, 2020
Brazil, hotbed for COVID-19 vaccine testing, may struggle to produce its own
By Lisandra Paraguassu, Pedro Fonseca and Eduardo Simes BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian officials say they can start making COVID-19 vaccines developed by British and Chinese researchers within a year....
Aug 04, 2020
U.S. to keep backing Venezuela's Guaido after December election, envoy says
By Patricia Zengerle and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will maintain support for opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate president and expects dozens ...
Aug 04, 2020
TCU's Patterson apologizes for repeating racial slur
TCU football coach Gary Patterson apologized Tuesday for repeating a racial slur, which prompted several players to skip practice Monday. Patterson repeated the N-word to Horned Frogs linebacker Dylan...
Aug 04, 2020
What did you do during lockdown? I was playing 'Grand Theft Auto'
By Ayanti Bera (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc sold over 15 million units of "Grand Theft Auto V" in the first two quarters of the year, as more people lapped up the action-adventure vid...
Aug 04, 2020
Midwestern utility Evergy plans to remain independent company: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Evergy Inc plans to remain an independent company, with the Midwestern utility due to unveil a new standalone business plan as part of the company's earnings disclosure on Wednesd...
Aug 04, 2020
Apple says it has no interest in buying TikTok
(Reuters) - Apple Inc has no interest in acquiring TikTok, the company said on Tuesday, denying a report by news website Axios from earlier in the day. Axios, citing sources outside Apple, earlier rep...
Aug 04, 2020
Coronavirus risks wiping out years of public health progress in Americas - WHO director
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The WHO's regional director for the Americas, Carissa Etienne, warned on Tuesday that the coronavirus was interrupting vaccination programs for other diseases and risked wiping o...
Aug 04, 2020
