Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. and China spar over racism at United Nations
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who is Black, clashed with her Chinese counterpart on Friday when she described her own experience with racism as a ...
Mar 19, 2021
U.S. DOJ accuses Google of dragging its feet in antitrust trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice accused Google of dragging its feet in providing documents in preparation for a trial on allegations that it broke antitrust law while the search ...
Mar 19, 2021
Sarajevo struggles with record number of deaths from COVID-19
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The Bosnian capital has been hit by record number of deaths from COVID-19 in March, prompting hospitals to warn of a lack of capacity for a rising number of pa...
Mar 19, 2021
U.S. to give more than $80 million in humanitarian aid to countries in Sahel region: State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will give more than $80 million in humanitarian aid to countries in the Sahel region, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter said on Friday. Undersecr...
Mar 19, 2021
EU sustainable finance advisers say green means green
By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Economic activities should be labelled as green investments only if they truly contribute to science-based goals to fight climate change, European ...
Mar 19, 2021
Merkel says it was right to be transparent about AstraZeneca vaccine
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday it was right to be completely transparent about AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine. "On this basis, everyone knows that we do not hide any...
Mar 19, 2021
Scared of school? Bolivian girl takes her virtual classes in a cemetery
By Santiago Limachi LA PAZ (Reuters) - Neydi, a Bolivian primary school student, logs on to virtual classes like many kids around the world during the pandemic. The only difference is the setting: sur...
Mar 19, 2021
Mixed Martial Arts: UFC bout cancelled after fighter faints at weigh-in
By Philip O'Connor (Reuters) - UFC fans are used to seeing fighters hit the deck, but even they got a shock on Friday when bantamweight Julija Stoliarenko fainted twice as she weighed in, forcing the ...
Mar 19, 2021
I would take the AstraZeneca vaccine, Germany's Merkel says
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she would take AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot. "I would get vaccinated with AstraZeneca," Merkel told a news conference after a meeting w...
Mar 19, 2021
COVID-19 strikes Brazil's Congress as third senator dies
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A third senator has died of COVID-19 in Brazil, raising questions around precautions taken in the country's Congress where as many as one-in-three lawmakers has ...
Mar 19, 2021
