Author Archives: Syndicated Content
White House unveils faster plan to eliminate lead pipes, paint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration announced a new plan on Thursday to speed the elimination of all lead pipes and lead paint over the next 10 years, removing a powerful toxin known to ha...
Dec 16, 2021
Ecuador commission to investigate prison violence-president
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso on Thursday announced an expert commission to investigate and help end prison violence that has killed more than 300 people...
Dec 16, 2021
Dutch town of Zeewolde agrees to permit for major Facebook data centre
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The town of Zeewolde, 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Amsterdam, on Thursday voted to grant a permit to Meta to build the largest data centre in the Netherlands. Facebook, Insta...
Dec 16, 2021
Soccer-COVID-hit Liverpool bounce back to beat Newcastle 3-1
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold scored with a spectacular strike as they overcame the loss of three players to suspected positive COVID-19 tests and conceding an early...
Dec 16, 2021
Biden met virtually with U.S. senators to discuss voting rights bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met virtually with lawmakers in the U.S. Senate to discuss the voting rights bill on Thursday, White House spokesperson Kari...
Dec 16, 2021
Biden says it’s past time for people to get booster shots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is going to spread more rapidly in the United States and that a winter of severe illness and dea...
Dec 16, 2021
CDC launches pilot to give some travelers free COVID-19 test kits
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has started distributing free COVID-19 home test kits to international travelers, the agency said o...
Dec 16, 2021
Airbus exec says latest order wins strengthen case for jet output hike
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Recent order wins by Airbus have strengthened the European planemaker's case for raising production of its A320-family narrowbody jets beyond a firm target of 65 a mont...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. FDA to allow abortion pill by mail permanently
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said that it would permanently ease restrictions on a pill used to terminate early pregnancies, making it easier to obtain the med...
Dec 16, 2021
Exclusive-Insurer MetLife postpones U.S. office return to March
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. insurer MetLife Inc on Thursday told staff it has pushed back plans for U.S. employees to return to the office to March from Jan. 10 previously, a spokeswoman for the company...
Dec 16, 2021
