Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Google's $76 million deal with French publishers leaves many outlets infuriated
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has agreed to pay $76 million over three years to a group of French news publishers to end a more than year-long copyright spat, documents s...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Spain tops one million fully vaccinated, retailers offer help to speed up campaign
MADRID (Reuters) - Supermarkets, department stores and consumer-goods firms in Spain offered to help overloaded health authorities with coronavirus vaccinations on Friday, while the government said mo...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Grand jury drops case against Buffalo, New York officers who shoved elderly man
(Reuters) - A grand jury has declined to indict two Buffalo, New York police officers who shoved an elderly man to the ground at a protest last June that was widely seen on video during a national wav...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Mexico City's COVID-19 threat level lowered as hospitalizations dip
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican capital lowered its official COVID-19 threat level on Friday after almost two months of strict lockdown measures, with city officials citing indicators including ho...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
China refuses to give WHO raw data on early COVID-19 cases: WSJ
(Reuters) - Chinese authorities refused to provide World Health Organization investigators with raw, personalized data on early COVID-19 cases that could help them determine how and when the coronavir...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Cuomo aide apologizes to lawmakers for withholding COVID-19 death toll in New York nursing homes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A senior aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo apologized to state lawmakers this week for the governor's office withholding requested data showing the death toll in nursing home...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Quake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region: GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region late on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 86 km (53...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Yemen's Houthis say they hit Saudi Abha Airport, King Khalid air base with drones
CAIRO - (Reuters) - Yemen Houthis' military spokesman said in a tweet on Friday that the Houthis' air force had hit Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport and King Khalid Air Base with drones. Saud...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
White House meets with airline CEOs on COVID-19 travel issues
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of major U.S. airlines, including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, met virtually with the White House's COVID-...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
Warsaw filmgoers, skiers rejoice as restrictions lift
WARSAW (Reuters) - For Krzysztof Bielecki, Friday was a day at the movies, as he took full advantage of a loosening of coronavirus restrictions in Poland that has let him enjoy his favourite hobby onc...
Thomson Reuters Feb 12, 2021
