Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain's daily coronavirus death toll at 184 on Wednesday
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's daily death toll from the coronavirus inched up on Wednesday to 184 fatalities from 176 on Tuesday, the country's health ministry said. The overall death toll from the disea...
May 13, 2020
Tesla's California fight heats up competition for jobs
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk's fight with local authorities over the reopening of its California plant has gotten the attention of those who scout sites for n...
May 13, 2020
EU regulators set new August 13 deadline for EssilorLuxottica's Dutch deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have set a new deadline of Aug. 13 for their decision on Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica's 7.2-billion-euro ($7.8 billion) bid for Dutch opticians group Gra...
May 13, 2020
Fed's Powell to assess next phase of pandemic economy
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, having overseen the rapid creation of the central bank's massive network of pandemic-era programs, turns his attention W...
May 13, 2020
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
