Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. official warns of high risk of atrocities in Ethiopia
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - A senior United Nations official warned on Friday that "the risk of atrocity crimes in Ethiopia remains high and likely to get worse" if the country does not u...
Feb 05, 2021
Brazil COVID-19 deaths rise above 230,000
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 1,239 COVID-19 deaths on Friday and 50,872 additional cases, according to data released by the nation's Health Ministry. The South American country has now...
Feb 05, 2021
Sinovac says COVID-19 vaccine effective in preventing hospitalization, death
(Reuters) - China's Sinovac Biotech on Friday said late-stage trial data of its COVID-19 vaccine from Brazil and Turkey showed the inoculation prevented hospitalization and death in COVID-19 patients,...
Feb 05, 2021
NFL: Protesting players 'on the right side of history,' union says
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - History has time and again vindicated players who take a stand for social justice, leaders of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) said ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl in Tampa...
Feb 05, 2021
UK to offer businesses more flexibility to pay back COVID loans
LONDON (Reuters) - Companies that took out loans under a COVID-19 scheme will be allowed more flexibility in paying them back by lengthening the period during which businesses can make no repayments, ...
Feb 05, 2021
NFL: COVID-19 expected to take bite out of Super Bowl bets
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - The Super Bowl typically creates a legal gambling frenzy in Nevada but fewer tourists in the Western state due to COVID-19 will likely keep wagers from setting a record des...
Feb 05, 2021
Speculators' bearish bets on U.S. dollar fall: CFTC, Reuters data
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Speculators' net bearish bets on the U.S. dollar fell to a 7-week low in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trad...
Feb 05, 2021
U.S. throws support behind Okonjo-Iweala to lead the WTO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday threw its support behind Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to head the World Trade Organization after a South Korean rival withdrew. The Office of the U....
Feb 05, 2021
UND outlasts Denver 85-82 in overtime
The Unversity of North Dakota defeated Denver 85-82 in overtime on Friday afternoon in Summit League men’s basketball. Tyree Ihenacho scored a team-high 21 points and grabbed 7 rebounds for UND....
Feb 05, 2021
Fed Chair Powell and Mnuchin collaboration cooled in December
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke less frequently with outgoing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in December than in any month since the coronavirus crisis began, Powell's calenda...
Feb 05, 2021
