Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil confirms first case of South African variant, makes room for soaring COVID-19 deaths
By Eduardo Simes and Pedro Fonseca SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil has recorded its first confirmed case of the highly contagious coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, a fresh danger sign for a...
Apr 07, 2021
Facebook launches public test of live Q&A product Hotline
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc started public testing of a new application dubbed Hotline on Wednesday, where creators can speak and take live questions from an audience. This Q&A pro...
Apr 07, 2021
Algeria to start Russia's Sputnik V vaccine production in September
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria will start producing Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in September in partnership with Moscow, and part of the production will be intended for African countries, the pha...
Apr 07, 2021
Powerful thunderstorms, possible tornadoes predicted in U.S. South
(Reuters) - Severe thunderstorms were forecast across Southern U.S. states and the lower Mississippi River Valley on Wednesday with the possibility of high winds, hail and tornadoes, the National Weat...
Apr 07, 2021
Exclusive: World Bank, IMF eye ways to link debt relief to climate change spending
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are planning to launch a platform to advise poor countries on funding climate and conservation activities, am...
Apr 07, 2021
Bulgarian cave remains reveal surprises about earliest Homo sapiens in Europe
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - DNA extracted from remains found in a Bulgarian cave of three people who lived roughly 45,000 years ago is revealing surprises about some of the first Homo sapiens populatio...
Apr 07, 2021
NDSU’s Lance & Alabama’s Smith headline players attending NFL draft
Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith of Alabama is scheduled to appear in person in Cleveland at the NFL draft later this month. Smith, the wide receiver projected to be a high first-round pick, is amo...
Apr 07, 2021
Analysis: White House, U.S. companies could agree on 25% tax rate, officials, business groups say
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - President Joe Biden has championed raising the U.S. corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% as the main way to fund his $2 trillion infrastructure plan, but few people in Was...
Apr 07, 2021
U.S. administers 171.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 171,476,655 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 225,294,435 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Apr 07, 2021
Rahm names son Kepa, but not after Chelsea goalkeeper
By Andrew Both AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - New dad Jon Rahm was the last of the 88 players in the Masters field to arrive at Augusta National, and he moved quickly to dispel a rumour that he had named hi...
Apr 07, 2021
