Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lori Loughlin, husband to plead guilty in college admissions scandal
(Reuters) - Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges for trying to fraudulently win their children's admission to th...
May 21, 2020
Former Trump lawyer Cohen leaves prison early due to coronavirus: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, was released from prison on Thursday due to concerns that he could be exposed to coronavirus while in...
May 21, 2020
Vietnam jails ex-deputy defence minister over land scandal
HANOI(Reuters) - A military court in Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a former deputy defence minister accused of allowing three plots of land in Ho Chi Minh City to be illegally transferred to private i...
May 21, 2020
Starbucks recoups nearly two-thirds of comparable U.S. sales as stores reopen
(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp said on Thursday it had regained nearly two-thirds of its comparable U.S. store sales from the prior year, as it reopened stores and modified operations due to the coronavir...
May 21, 2020
U.S. grants royalty relief to hard-hit oil, gas drillers
(Reuters) - The Trump administration has granted royalty relief to several drilling companies producing oil and gas on federal lands in recent weeks, according to a government database, as the industr...
May 21, 2020
Egyptians rush to buy treats before Eid al-Fitr curfew
CAIRO (Reuters) - Families rushed to buy sweets and biscuits in Cairo on Friday as they prepared to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan under a tightened coronavirus curfew and lo...
May 21, 2020
Chafing under lockdown, Palestinians long for Eid celebrations
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Abu Ganeyeh BETHLEHEM, West Bank/GAZA (Reuters) - Bethlehem is struggling back to life just in time for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, nearly three months after i...
May 21, 2020
Canada sheds 226,700 jobs in April due as COVID-19 weighs: ADP
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada shed 226,700 jobs in April when efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak shut down much of the economy, with trade, leisure and hospitality among the hardest hit industri...
May 21, 2020
BlackRock says all director nominees elected, executive pay approved
BOSTON (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc said on Thursday that all 16 of its director nominees were elected with favorable votes of about 94% at its annual meeting. The world's largest asset manager also said...
May 21, 2020
Britain agrees deal on antibody tests: PM's spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has agreed a deal to acquire antibody tests, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, saying the tests would be free and health and care workers would ...
May 21, 2020
