Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. appeals court asks why Facebook encryption order should stay sealed
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Federal appeals court judges asked prosecutors on Tuesday why a lower court could seal a ruling that absolved Facebook from having to wiretap a criminal suspec...
Apr 28, 2020
Without naming Libya’s Haftar, France says unilateral action won’t solve conflict
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Tuesday that the Libyan conflict could not be solved through unilateral decisions, but only under U.N.-backed dialogue after Libya's eastern-based military leader Khal...
Apr 28, 2020
Senior U.S. House members vow to pass major defense bill despite pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The long reach of the coronavirus outbreak will not keep U.S. lawmakers from passing an annual bill that determines how the Pentagon spends its billions, as Congress has done fo...
Apr 28, 2020
JetBlue, Delta seek U.S. OK to suspend flights to 25 U.S. airports
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines , JetBlue Airways Corp and Spirit Airlines on Tuesday asked the U.S. Transportation Department for approval to suspend flights to more than t...
Apr 28, 2020
Sanders’ campaign alumni now backing Biden with a Super PAC
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Alumni of Senator Bernie Sanders' unsuccessful presidential campaigns on Tuesday said they had started a new political fundraising group to support onetime rival Joe Bi...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. Navy pays contractors $600 million that had been withheld for poor performance
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has paid defense contractors $600 million it had previously withheld due to poor workmanship, hoping the funds would shore up finances for suppliers r...
Apr 28, 2020
Birthday tributes flood in for fund-raising British veteran ‘Captain Tom’
BEDFORD, England (Reuters) - British World War Two veteran Captain Tom Moore is in for a very special 100th birthday on Thursday after well-wishers from around the world repaid his record-breaking fun...
Apr 28, 2020
Health advisers to U.S. auto union say masks not enough to shield workers from coronavirus
By Nick Carey DETROIT (Reuters) - As Detroit's automakers seek to restart their U.S. plants during the coronavirus pandemic, two health experts advising Michigan's governor and the United Auto Workers...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. Senate leader opposes infrastructure spending in next coronavirus relief bill: Axios
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on his Republican colleagues on Tuesday to oppose an effort by the White House to insert infrastructure spending measures in a...
Apr 28, 2020
Ireland will not hit 100,000 weekly coronavirus testing goal until mid-May
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has failed to reach its target to carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests per week and will not meet it until the week of May 18, three weeks later than planned, a senior health...
Apr 28, 2020
