Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada's housing price surge increasing vulnerabilities: BoC
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's red-hot housing market has bolstered the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the market imbalances are escalating and driving up already-high ...
Apr 09, 2021
Blinken and French, German counterparts reaffirm support for Ukraine -State Department
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his French and German counterparts on Friday called on Russia to halt a troop buildup on Ukraine's borders and reaf...
Apr 09, 2021
Italy eases COVID-19 curbs as infections decline, but deaths still high
ROME (Reuters) - Lockdown measures will be eased from Monday in six Italian regions, the health ministry ruled on Friday, even as the nationwide daily death toll remains well above 400. New infections...
Apr 09, 2021
Failed Amazon union effort renews call for updated U.S. labor laws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A failed attempt to unionize Amazon.com warehouse workers shows why Congress needs to pass proposed legislation to protect labor unions against corporations' anti-organizing eff...
Apr 09, 2021
AP Minnesota boys hockey player of year: Dodge County’s Brody Lamb
The 2021 Associated Press All-State team for Minnesota high school boys hockey, as voted on by statewide media: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Brody Lamb, Dodge County FIRST TEAM Forward - Brody Lamb, junior, Dod...
Apr 09, 2021
Judge orders one accuser of Texans QB Watson to be ID’d
By Juan A Lozano HOUSTON - A judge on Friday ordered that the name of one of the 22 women who have filed lawsuits accusing Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and harassment mu...
Apr 09, 2021
White House says China's moves around Taiwan 'potentially destabilizing'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday said it was keeping a close watch on increased Chinese military activities in the Taiwan Strait, and called Beijing's recent actions potentially destab...
Apr 09, 2021
Elon Musk's Neuralink shows monkey with brain-chip playing videogame by thinking
(Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's brain-chip startup released footage on Friday appearing to show a monkey playing a simple videogame after getting implants of the new technology. The 3...
Apr 09, 2021
White House says J&J remains committed to meeting its COVID vaccine contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration says Johnson & Johnson remains committed to meeting its COVID-19 vaccine contract of delivering close to 100 million doses by the end of May, White Hous...
Apr 09, 2021
J&J COVID-19 vaccine under EU review over blood clots
By Pushkala Aripaka and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - Europe's drug regulator said on Friday that it is reviewing rare blood clots in four people in the United States who received Johnson & Johnson's ...
Apr 09, 2021
