Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Senate committee backs Biden nominee to be U.N. ambassador
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday backed President Joe Biden's nomination of veteran diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be the U.S. a...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. factory orders beat expectations in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S.-made goods rose more than expected in December and business spending on equipment was solid, pointing to continued strength in the manufacturing industry in ...
Feb 04, 2021
DraftKings takes $3.4M bet on Buccaneers +3.5
One of the largest single wagers in Super Bowl betting history, $3.4 million on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to cover the 3.5-point spread, was placed with DraftKings in Colorado on Wednesday night. Draft...
Feb 04, 2021
Early backers of vaccine maker BioNTech in $719 million payday
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German venture capital firm MIG AG, which was among the first backers of COVID-19 vaccine developer BioNTech, has paid 600 million euros ($719 million) to its investors, cashing ...
Feb 04, 2021
Pandemic upends life for Ireland's pub owners-cum-undertakers
By Clodagh Kilcoyne FETHARD, Ireland (Reuters) - As one of around 80 Irish publicans carrying on the tradition of doubling up as the local funeral director, Jasper Murphy has seen first hand how the p...
Feb 04, 2021
'You chop her': Ugandan recalls brutal upbringing as LRA child soldier
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Louis Lakor was seven years old when Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army killed his family and kidnapped him to use as a child soldier. On Thursday the Internation...
Feb 04, 2021
BoE's Bailey says UK economy not as bad as rankings suggest
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday that Britain's economic performance compared with other countries during the COVID-19 pandemic was nowhere near as bad as off...
Feb 04, 2021
Golf: Horsey goes on birdie blitz for Saudi International lead
(Reuters) - Englishman David Horsey fired a nine-under-par 61 for a one-shot lead over Scot Stephen Gallacher after the opening round of the European Tour's Saudi International on Thursday. Horsey sta...
Feb 04, 2021
Beijing boycott not the answer says Canadian Olympic Committee
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - A boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics would not bring home two Canadian men detained in China for more than two years or force a change to China's human rights re...
Feb 04, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats prepare to push through Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate were poised on Thursday to take a first step toward President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal, in a marathon "vote-a-rama" sessio...
Feb 04, 2021
