Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Daimler to idle Alabama Mercedes assembly plant because of parts shortage
(Reuters) - Daimler AG said on Friday it will idle its Mercedes-Benz sport utility vehicle assembly plant in Alabama next week because of a parts shortage. The German automaker, which resumed producti...
May 15, 2020
Drawdown of U.S. troops from Afghanistan continuing: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is continuing its drawdown of troops from Afghanistan and is expected to meet a timeline that had been agreed upon with the Taliban earlier this year, the Pent...
May 15, 2020
Exclusive: India watchdog reviewing antitrust allegations against Facebook's WhatsApp - sources
By Aditi Shah and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's antitrust watchdog is looking into allegations that Facebook's WhatsApp is abusing its dominant position by offering payment services to it...
May 15, 2020
Georgian president pardons two opposition politicians
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Friday pardoned two opposition politicians, a former mayor of the capital and an ex-defence minister, in a move to reduce political tensio...
May 15, 2020
France reports more coronavirus deaths, raising total to 27,529
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 104 new coronavirus deaths on Friday, or a slowing increase of 0.4%, bringing the total to 27,529, still the fourth-highest in the world. In a stat...
May 15, 2020
Costa Rica to become 38th member state of OECD
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Friday its 37 members had approved Costa Rica's application to join the group and that a formal membershi...
May 15, 2020
Investors prepare for more U.S. stock swings as states reopen
By April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are bracing for more turbulence in U.S. stocks, as some states prepare to reopen their economies and global trade tensions rise. The Cboe Volatility Inde...
May 15, 2020
Biden campaign sees larger 'battleground' in race against Trump
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's campaign is betting that as many as 16 states could be up for grabs in November's election, with President Donald Trump's ...
May 15, 2020
32 U.S. senators urge FCC to reconsider Ligado spectrum order
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 32 U.S. senators on Friday urged the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider a decision to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a lo...
May 15, 2020
Statins may help older coronavirus patients avoid symptoms; COVID-19 more than respiratory illness
By Nancy Lapid NEW YORK (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the ill...
May 15, 2020
