Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada's WestJet Airlines restores routes as COVID-19 shots raise hope of summer travel
By Allison Lampert (Reuters) - WestJet Airlines is restoring some suspended domestic routes from June, as executives hope that a pick-up in COVID-19 vaccinations can salvage summer travel, Canada's se...
Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2021
Canada sanctions nine Russian officials, Kremlin vows response
OTTAWA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Canada's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it is imposing new sanctions on nine Russian officials over "gross and systematic violations of human rights in Russia," prom...
Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2021
Sweden's MTG to buy New Zealand-based Ninja Kiwi
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - E-sports and gaming group MTG has agreed to buy mobile games developer Ninja Kiwi for about 1.6 billion crowns ($186 million) to broaden its gaming portfolio, it said on Wednesda...
Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2021
Violence against Colombian civilians worsened in 2020, says Red Cross
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Violence against civilians in Colombia worsened in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic as illegal armed groups stepped up operations amid struggles over territ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2021
Biden taps affordable housing group's chief for deputy housing secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has picked Adrianne Todman, the head of an affordable housing organization, to serve as deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Dev...
Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2021
Tina Turner bows out of public life with emotional documentary
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Tina Turner opens up about her troubled past and living with PTSD in new documentary "TINA", a film the soul and rock star says is the final act of her public life ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2021
Bruce Linton-led Gage Cannabis files for Canadian IPO - sources
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - U.S.-based Gage Cannabis Co, led by veteran marijuana industry executive Bruce Linton, is pursuing a direct listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange, sources familiar wit...
Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2021
Britain's John Lewis to close 8 more stores putting 1,465 jobs at risk
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - The John Lewis Partnership will permanently close eight more stores, jeopardising 1,465 jobs, as it reshapes its business for the digital age, the employee-owned Brit...
Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2021
U.S. says hopes WHO report on virus origins is 'based on science'
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States expects the World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic to require further study, perhaps...
Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2021
Bitcoin can prosper without becoming a major currency: SkyBridge's Scaramucci
By Anna Irrera and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin doesn't need to become a widely-used form of payment to succeed and could prosper solely as a store of value, SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony...
Thomson Reuters Mar 24, 2021
