Author Archives: Syndicated Content
POW-MIA flag back atop White House, reversing Trump era decision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Friday restored a flag honoring missing war veterans atop the White House after his predecessor angered some veterans by moving it l...
Apr 09, 2021
Britain says 31.9 million people given COVID vaccination
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it had given 545,511 COVID vaccine doses on April 8, the highest daily total since April 1, while a further 60 people had died within 28 days of a positive te...
Apr 09, 2021
World Bank says to commit $2 billion to vaccines in developing countries by end-April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank Group will have committed $2 billion in financing by the end of April for vaccine purchases, development and manufacturing and is working with more than 40 countr...
Apr 09, 2021
Peru braces for 'most fragmented election in history' as pandemic grips
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru will vote for a new president on Sunday in a wide-open election framed by a deadly surge in coronavirus cases, and under the long shadow of a constitutional crisi...
Apr 09, 2021
Hong Kong shop founded by pro-democracy activist raided over content labelling
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities said on Friday they had seized nearly 9,000 Thai cleaning products suspected to have wrong labelling from a shop founded by a pro-democracy activist facing ...
Apr 09, 2021
Arrest videos undercut Derek Chauvin's murder trial defense, pathologist tells jury
By Jonathan Allen MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A forensic pathologist testified on Friday that the sheer volume of videos of George Floyd's arrest helped confirm the finding that oxygen deprivation caused ...
Apr 09, 2021
Kim Kardashian's Skims brand valued at $1.6 billion in latest funding
(Reuters) - Reality star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian's Skims raised $154 million in its latest funding round led by venture firm Thrive Capital to reach a $1.6 billion valuation, the shapewear la...
Apr 09, 2021
Spain to subsidise electric car sales with 800 million euros to 2023
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government has approved a plan to spend up to 800 million euros ($950 million) until 2023 to encourage electric car sales, the Energy Ministry said on Friday. Private bu...
Apr 09, 2021
Born in Greece, Prince Philip faced exile from infancy
ATHENS (Reuters) - Britain's irreverent media sometimes referred to him as "Phil the Greek" but in fact, Prince Philip only lived in the land of his birth for 18 months before his family was forced in...
Apr 09, 2021
Biden to meet with U.S. lawmakers Monday on infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to meet with a bipartisan group of U.S. House and Senate lawmakers Monday on his proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan, sources brie...
Apr 09, 2021
