Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. launches trade probe into digital taxes, plowing ground for new tariffs
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday it was launching a "Section 301" investigation into digital services taxes adopted or under consideration ...
Jun 02, 2020
Video calls connect anxious parents to hospitalized newborns in Colombia
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Deysi Silva cannot see, hug or kiss her infant daughter. The child, born last month at a hospital in Colombia's capital Bogota amid the coronavirus pandemic, is...
Jun 02, 2020
Trump and Bolsonaro discussed research effort on using hydroxychloroquine to fight coronavirus, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro discussed a joint research effort on using the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as both a prophylaxis and...
Jun 02, 2020
U.S. board urges helicopter manufacturers to add crash-data recorders
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday urged six major manufacturers to equip turbine-powered helicopters with crash-resistant systems to...
Jun 02, 2020
Norway urges Israel not to annex parts of the West Bank
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Norway, which chairs a group of international donors to the Palestinians, urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Norway heads the Ad H...
Jun 02, 2020
USTA proposes U.S. Open-Cincinnati double-header in New York-report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Cincinnati Masters could be moved to Flushing Meadows this year as part of a double-header with the U.S. Open under a new plan proposed by the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA), ...
Jun 02, 2020
India's Modi gets Trump invite to attend G7 summit: ministry
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi got an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to attend the next Group of Seven summit, India's Foreign Affairs Ministry ...
Jun 02, 2020
Combat 5G COVID-19 fake news, urges Europe
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union (EU) nations banking on 5G to boost economic growth are eager to tackle conspiracy theories linking the wireless technology to the spread of the nov...
Jun 02, 2020
Spain says planned digital tax won't discriminate against countries
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's plans to tax tech companies' revenues does not discriminate against any country, a government source told Reuters on Tuesday after the United States opened a probe into such...
Jun 02, 2020
Factbox: Who are the first members of Facebook's oversight board?
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Wednesday named the first members of its independent oversight board, which will be able to overturn the company's decisions on individual pieces of ...
Jun 02, 2020
