Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Georgia state overhauls citizen arrest law following Ahmaud Arbery's death
(Adds missing word in third paragraph to read Georgia General Assembly) By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) -Georgia overhauled a Civil War-era law Wednesday that allowed residents to arrest anyone they s...
Mar 31, 2021
Global aviation industry seeks share of U.S. infrastructure package
(Reuters) - Global aviation companies made a plea on Wednesday for funding under a roughly $2 trillion U.S. infrastructure package proposed by President Joe Biden to revamp the economy, saying a cycle...
Mar 31, 2021
Analysis: Biden infrastructure plan bets big on U.S. return to mass transit after COVID-19
By David Shepardson and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's sweeping $2.3 trillion plan to rebuild America's crumbling infrastructure proposes doubling federal funding fo...
Mar 31, 2021
U.S. FAA approves design of 737 MAX 8200 variant
(Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it had approved the design for the Boeing 737-8200, part of the Boeing 737 MAX series. The FAA said the 737-8200 incorporates all of t...
Mar 31, 2021
North Korea's Kim renews call for rapid housing construction - KCNA
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has paid his second visit in a week to one of the sites of his ambitious project to build 50,000 new apartments in Pyongyang, and called...
Mar 31, 2021
U.N. special envoy tells Security Council to act to avoid 'bloodbath' in Myanmar
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Nations special envoy on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener told a session of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that "a bloodbath is imminent" becaus...
Mar 31, 2021
Softbank Corp says new CEO to buy 20 billion yen of company shares
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Softbank Corp said its newly-appointed Chief Executive Junichi Miyakawa was buying 20 billion yen $180.55 million) worth of the company's shares. SoftBank will provide financ...
Mar 31, 2021
Pfizer hits March target to produce 120 million COVID-19 shots for U.S.
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc on Wednesday said it has produced 120 million doses of its COVID-19 shot for the United States that have been cleared for use by regulators, in keeping with gu...
Mar 31, 2021
Australia's Queensland state premier says Brisbane lockdown to end
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Queensland state, a tourist hotspot, reported 1 new coronavirus case of community transmission on Thursday linked to an existing cluster, enabling it to end its three-da...
Mar 31, 2021
Accused human smuggler charged in California crash that killed 13 migrants
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Mexican national has been arrested and charged by U.S. authorities with organizing a human smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 13 Mexican and Guatem...
Mar 31, 2021
