Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S.' Hoyer hopes to bring bill on Jan. 6 attack on Capitol to House floor next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday he hopes to bring up a bill next week establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, but said thi...
May 11, 2021
White House, seeking to further boost vaccines, touts ride shares
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday announced a series of new steps aimed at boosting U.S. COVID-19 vaccination rates, including a partnership with ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft, a...
May 11, 2021
Brazil coffee harvest starts in the heart of its biggest city
By Amanda Perobelli and Leonardo Benassatto SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's arabica harvest kicked off symbolically this weekend with volunteers picking through one of the world's largest urban coffee ...
May 11, 2021
EBay taps into NFT frenzy, allows sale on platform
By Akanksha Rana (Reuters) - Ebay Inc on Tuesday allowed the sale of non-fungible tokens for digital collectibles like trading cards, images or video clips on its platform, the first e-commerce compan...
May 11, 2021
U.S. job openings vault to record high in March
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings surged to a record high in March while hiring lagged, further evidence that a shortage of workers was hampering job growth. The Labor Departm...
May 11, 2021
Russian court rules to curb freedom of teen political activist
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday banned a 19-year-old anti-Kremlin activist from leaving her town near Moscow for more than two years after finding her guilty of vandalism, a sentence her...
May 11, 2021
Kenya's Cheruiyot adjusts to reality of preparing for the Olympics in a pandemic
By Omar Mohammed NAIROBI (Reuters) - Coach Bernard Ouma barked orders to start stretching and the team of a dozen athletes fanned out in the morning sunshine, leaving a good six feet between them. Amo...
May 11, 2021
For Yemenis fleeing war, U.S. peace efforts offer only faint hope
By Nabil Alawzari, Aziz El Yaakoubi and Jonathan Landay MARIB, Yemen (Reuters) - In the al-Jafeenah camp for internally displaced people outside the Yemeni city of Marib, Jamal al-Jaberi, forced to fl...
May 11, 2021
Austria snubs EU plea to accept Lampedusa migrants
By Sabine Siebold (Reuters) - Austria on Tuesday rejected a plea for other European Union countries to accept migrants from Italy, following a surge in arrivals on Lampedusa that seems likely to expos...
May 11, 2021
Geske Named NSIC Senior of the Year and to All-NSIC First Team
BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Minnesota State University Moorhead senior Julia Geske has been named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Senior of the Year in women’s tennis, the league announced o...
May 11, 2021
