Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Supreme Court to hear presidential Electoral College dispute
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court is set on Wednesday to consider a dispute involving whether "electors" in the complex Electoral College system that decides...
May 13, 2020
Lessons from porn industry could help Hollywood adapt to coronavirus
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As Hollywood tries to figure out how to resume production of movies and TV shows in the coronavirus era, one sector may be better prepared than others to deal wit...
May 13, 2020
China warns France not to sell weapons to Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned France on Wednesday not to sell arms to neighbouring self-ruled Taiwan which is planning to buy weapons as part of an upgrade to a French-made warship fleet bought 30 ...
May 13, 2020
South Africa amends arms export document after inspection row
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has made a subtle change to arms export rules that could unlock more than a billion dollars of weapons sales to countries including Saudi Arabia and the United Ar...
May 13, 2020
UK Supreme Court overturns jailbreak convictions of Northern Ireland's Adams
LONDON (Reuters) - The British Supreme Court overturned two 1975 convictions of Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams for trying to escape from a prison in Northern Ireland, ruling on Wednesday that hi...
May 13, 2020
Malaysian PM delays confidence vote, says virus battle takes priority
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will not face a confidence vote on May 18 as earlier scheduled, the speaker of parliament said on Wednesday after the government cite...
May 13, 2020
Emirates plans scheduled flights from May 21 to nine cities
DUBAI (Reuters) - Emirates Airline from May 21 plans to operate scheduled flight services from Dubai to London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne, it sai...
May 13, 2020
Tencent first-quarter revenue jumps 26% as lockdowns spur game spending
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday net profit in its first quarter rose 6%, beating market estimates, boosted by high demand for its vid...
May 13, 2020
German government to relax border controls from Saturday: media reports
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government will from Saturday relax border controls introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus, media including broadcaster n-tv and Focus magazine reported on Wedn...
May 13, 2020
UK's Sunak says it is too soon to talks about post-COVID spending cuts
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said it was too soon to look at how to fund the longer-term financing cost of measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, following a newspaper...
May 13, 2020
