Author Archives: Syndicated Content
How low did it go? Scientists calculate Earth’s Ice Age temperatures
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Guided by ocean plankton fossils and climate models, scientists have calculated just how cold it got on Earth during the depths of the last Ice Age, when immense ...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Johnson brings form to Olympia Fields, Woods hopes to keep season alive
(Reuters) - Dustin Johnson takes red-hot form into the penultimate event of the PGA Tour season at this week's BMW Championship outside Chicago where Tiger Woods needs a solid showing to reach the Tou...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Roku and Netflix surge after upbeat analyst reports
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Shares of Roku Inc surged over 11% on Wednesday after Citi initiated coverage of the streaming video company with a "buy" rating, while Netflix Inc also rallied more than...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Brazil speaker Rodrigo Maia says he is not running for re-election
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, Rodrigo Maia, who has been a key supporter of Economy Minister Paulo Guedes' reform agenda, said categorically on Wednesday that h...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Brazil state Minas Gerais seeks $4.8 billion Vale asset freeze over dam disaster
By Sabrina Valle and Luciano Costa SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Authorities from Brazil's Minas Gerais state are seeking a freeze on nearly $5 billion in assets from miner Vale SA as a partial payment to cov...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Pandemic stresses massive Hurricane Laura evacuations in Texas, Louisiana
By Jennifer Hiller and Liz Hampton HOUSTON/DENVER (Reuters) - A hurried evacuation of a half million Texas and Louisiana residents ahead of Hurricane Laura has clogged highways, while COVID-19 precaut...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Namibia Apartheid politician turned independence advocate dies of COVID-19
By Nyasha Nyaungwa WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Dirk Mudge, a white Namibian who began his political life with the pro-Apartheid National Party but later lobbied for Namibia's independence from South African ...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Exclusive: France sends reform roadmap to crisis-ridden Lebanon
By Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has sent a roadmap to Lebanese politicians outlining political and financial reforms needed to unlock foreign aid and rescue the cou...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro and economy minister split over welfare spending
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he has rejected a proposal by his Economy Minister Paulo Guedes for a new cash welfare program called "Renda Brasil" because it...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Maine summer camps successfully stem spread of COVID-19: CDC
By Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) - Four overnight camps in Maine successfully stemmed the spread of the novel coronavirus and conducted sessions with over 1,000 attendees from 41 states and internationa...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020




