Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lack of measles shot sets stage for lethal complications
By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) - Measles can infect the appendix, the liver and the membranes protecting the brain in people who are not fully immunized against the virus, a new report confirms. "Me...
Thomson Reuters Feb 25, 2020
Branson's Virgin Galactic posts quarterly loss of $73 million
(Reuters) - Billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism company, Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc , said on Tuesday net losses widened to $73 million in the fourth quarter from $46 million in the year-ago...
Thomson Reuters Feb 25, 2020
Saint Laurent mixes tweed with fetish-style catsuits for Paris show
PARIS (Reuters) - Luxury fashion house Saint Laurent juxtaposed staid tweed jackets with fetish-style catsuits when it showed its winter collection at Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday. At times though, t...
Thomson Reuters Feb 25, 2020
U.S. agency suspends self-driving shuttle EasyMile use in 10 U.S. states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators said on Tuesday they had ordered a suspension of passenger operations for 16 autonomous shuttles operated by French-based EasyMile after a passenger ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 25, 2020
Ireland's Sinn Fein demands place in government at Dublin rally
By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish left-wing nationalists Sinn Fein demanded a place in Ireland's next government on Tuesday at a packed rally in Dublin, saying the country's two dominant cen...
Thomson Reuters Feb 25, 2020
Three U.S. Senate Democrats propose sweeping reforms after Boeing 737 MAX crashes
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced sweeping legislation to reform how new airplanes are certified and overseen by U.S. regulators after two...
Thomson Reuters Feb 25, 2020
Republicans look to drop domestic spying on U.S. phones, texts
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administration's request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance progr...
Thomson Reuters Feb 25, 2020
'You messed with the wrong women,' say Weinstein accusers, turning sights to LA
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some of the more than 80 women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct said on Tuesday they are looking to the disgraced producer's trial in Los Angeles to build...
Thomson Reuters Feb 25, 2020
Iraqi security forces kill protester in Baghdad: police sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces killed at least one protester in Baghdad on Tuesday and wounded 24 others, police sources told Reuters. The death was due to birdshot fired from a hunting rif...
Thomson Reuters Feb 25, 2020
U.S. trade panel rejects import duties on fabricated structural steel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday threw out the U.S. anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on fabricated structural steel from Canada and Mexico, ruling that suc...
Thomson Reuters Feb 25, 2020
