Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Microsoft, Elon Musk’s SpaceX tie up to woo space customers
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is partnering with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk-led SpaceX and others as it targets space customers, the software giant said on Tuesday. The partnership with SpaceX St...
Oct 20, 2020
Eating like the English? French curfew puts early dinner on menu
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - Restaurateur Pascal Mousset has a new menu he hopes will persuade his patrons to change the habit of a lifetime in response to Paris's coronavirus curfew, by - pe...
Oct 20, 2020
Greece drops plan to allow spectators back into stadiums amid COVID-19 spike
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has scrapped a plan to allow spectators back into sporting events, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's office said on Tuesday, as the country implements tougher restrictions...
Oct 20, 2020
Explainer: Another possible risk in U.S. election – ‘faithless electors’
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - U.S. presidents are chosen by electors, party loyalists who pledge to vote for their candidate once their state's voters have made their selection clear. The polarized climate ...
Oct 20, 2020
Nigeria’s battered farmers to get $20 million to aid crop output
By Abraham Achirga and Libby George BAKIN KOGI/LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Mary Daniel, a slight woman in her 40s, weeds by hand a field dotted with trees and scraggly sesame plants. A widow with seven...
Oct 20, 2020
Waiting for aid: U.S. airline workers ‘pawns’ in stimulus battle
By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) - When she is not helping her kids with remote school or worrying about her next mortgage payment, Jessica Trujillo spends her days rallying friends and co-workers ...
Oct 20, 2020
Republicans running short on time and money to defend Senate majority
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans are running short of time, money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate, and with them full control of Con...
Oct 20, 2020
Daimler chief eyes China growth as trade tensions rise
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler's Chief Executive said China will remain Mercedes-Benz's biggest growth market in the next decade and the German carmaker will adjust production locations to capture shif...
Oct 20, 2020
Pelosi, Mnuchin push coronavirus relief talks as U.S. Senate votes on limited bill
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans are preparing to bring up legislation on Tuesday to replenish a program that helps small businesses slammed by the coronavirus, as Hous...
Oct 20, 2020
‘Rebecca’ proves to be the novel that keeps on giving
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Daphne du Maurier's beloved novel "Rebecca" has seen multiple screen adaptations but the director of the latest film version believes his may be the closest to th...
Oct 20, 2020
