Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ex-Theranos CEO Holmes puts mental state at issue, to be examined by U.S. experts
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered former Theranos Inc Chief Executive Elizabeth Holmes to be examined by U.S. government experts, after lawyers defending her against criminal fra...
Sep 10, 2020
Egypt to hold parliamentary elections on Oct. 24-25: official
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will hold parliamentary elections on Oct. 24-25, elections commissioner Lasheen Ibrahim told a televised press conference on Thursday. Egypt last held elections for the House o...
Sep 10, 2020
U.S. blacklists Russia-linked individuals over election interference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four Russia-linked individuals, the U.S. Treasury Department said, accusing them of attempting to influence the U.S. electoral...
Sep 10, 2020
Saudi-led coalition says intercepted missiles, drones headed towards kingdom: SPA
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said it had intercepted and destroyed a number of ballistic missiles and explosive drones launched towards the kingdom on Thursday. In a state...
Sep 10, 2020
Draegerwerk to supply ventilators elsewhere as Germany has enough
BERLIN (Reuters) - German medical equipment maker Draegerwerk has agreed to stop delivering ventilators to the German government and will instead focus on supplying other countries that are more in ne...
Sep 10, 2020
Nikola, short seller Hindenburg clash over critical report
(Reuters) - Shares of Nikola Corp fell 8% on Thursday after Hindenburg Research shorted the stock and labeled the electric truck maker a "fraud" in a scathing report, evoking a sharp response from the...
Sep 10, 2020
Exclusive: Lithium giant Albemarle locks horns with Chile over reserves data
By Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Albemarle , the world's largest lithium producer, is locked in a feud with Chilean regulators over how it calculates its reserves of the ultralight metal, a poten...
Sep 10, 2020
Europe’s creative industry slams EU Commission for rewriting copyright rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's creative industry has criticised the European Commission's consultation on new EU copyright rules for departing from the original directive agreed last ye...
Sep 10, 2020
UK records 2,919 new daily COVID cases
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 2,919 new daily confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Thursday, compared with 2,659 a day earlier. Daily case numbers ha...
Sep 10, 2020
Republicans back Trump despite reports he called soldiers ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Half of Americans believe media reports that President Donald Trump referred to U.S. soldiers as "suckers" and "losers," despite his denials, but the alleged comment...
Sep 10, 2020
