Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pentagon report says 130 civilians killed in 2019, lower than watchdog estimates
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military operations killed about 130 civilians and injured 91 others in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia last year, according to a Pentagon report seen by...
May 06, 2020
U.S. airports need $10 billion or more in additional government aid: group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airports will need at least another $10 billion in government assistance as they face mounting losses from the near-collapse of air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, ...
May 06, 2020
Detained American tells Venezuela state TV he plotted Maduro’s capture
By Brian Ellsworth and Angus Berwick CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan state television broadcast on Wednesday a video of captured American Luke Denman, in which he said he was instructed to seize contro...
May 06, 2020
Amazon indigenous groups launch international fund to fight coronavirus
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Indigenous groups from nine countries in the Amazon basin called on Wednesday for donations to help protect 3 million rainforest inhabitants who are vulnerable to the spread of th...
May 06, 2020
World Bank debars Chinese electrical equipment firm over fraud on Zambia project
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday said China-based Liaoning-EFACEC Electrical Equipment Company Limited (LEEEC) would be ineligible to participate in bank-funded projects for 20 month...
May 06, 2020
FDA approves Novartis’ lung cancer treatment
(Reuters) - Novartis AG on Wednesday got U.S. approval for its drug Tabrecta, to treat patients with a form of lung cancer, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's website. The drug has b...
May 06, 2020
US money market assets increased in latest week: iMoneyNet
NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. money market fund assets increased by $37.80 billion to $4.690 trillion in the week ended May 5, the Money Fund Report said on Wednesday. Taxable money market fund ass...
May 06, 2020
Steve Carell? Real U.S. Space Force chief wanted Bruce Willis to play him
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The real chief of the U.S. Space Force said on Wednesday he had hoped actor Bruce Willis would have played him on the upcoming Netflix show lampooning the milita...
May 06, 2020
Pentagon blasts FCC decision to approve Ligado spectrum plan
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department on Wednesday blasted a decision by the Federal Communications Commission last month to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a low-powe...
May 06, 2020
U.S. Senate approves Trump security nominee after nearly two-year hold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved William Evanina, President Donald Trump's nominee for a top counterintelligence position, after he was blocked for almost two years over a ...
May 06, 2020
