Author Archives: Syndicated Content
White House to skip expected mid-year economic projections: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will not release updated economic projections this summer, including federal deficit projections, in a break from long-standing practice, the Washington Post rep...
May 28, 2020
Government surveillance bill withdrawn in U.S. House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is dropping consideration of legislation that would have extended U.S. surveillance tools, the chamber's number two Democrat said on Thursday, ...
May 28, 2020
UK still a long way from agreeing EU trade deal, negotiator says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is quite a long way from agreeing a free trade deal with the European Union and will at some point have to prioritise its preparation for leaving the bloc without a deal, it...
May 28, 2020
ViacomCBS appoints insider Jonathan Karp as publishing unit’s CEO
(Reuters) - ViacomCBS said on Thursday it promoted insider Jonathan Karp as president and chief executive officer of its publishing unit, Simon & Schuster, effective immediately. Karp, who joined the ...
May 28, 2020
U.S. planning to cancel visas of Chinese graduate students: sources
By Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is planning to cancel the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students believed by President Donald Trump's administrat...
May 28, 2020
Exclusive: Nissan settles dispute with Indian state over unpaid dues – sources
By Aditi Shah and Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI/CHENNAI (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co has agreed to settle a long-running dispute with the Indian state of Tamil Nadu after claiming it was owed 50 billion...
May 28, 2020
Malaysia’s ruling party dumps Mahathir, dissenters
By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's ruling party on Thursday terminated the membership of his predecessor Mahathir Mohamad, a move widely seen as an ...
May 28, 2020
Life imitates art as Russian group attracts mock-up masterpieces
By Anastasia Adasheva MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian-language Facebook group that started off as a playful attempt by a group of friends to get through the coronavirus lockdown by recreating art masterp...
May 28, 2020
Trump marks 100,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths milestone on Twitter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump marked the coronavirus pandemic milestone of 100,000 U.S. deaths in a Twitter post on Thursday, a day after the threshold was reached and his silence...
May 28, 2020
Philippines’ Duterte eases lockdown in capital from June 1
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday approved a recommendation to ease the lockdown in the capital Manila from June 1, resuming much-needed activity in an economy on th...
May 28, 2020
