Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil's Bolsonaro says health minister swap takes effect on Friday
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that the replacement of his health minister will take effect on Friday with publication in the official gazette, as th...
Mar 18, 2021
Space and sea explorer dives to deepest point on Earth
By Roselle Chen (Reuters) - Space and sea explorer Richard Garriott is the first person in the world to have explored the North Pole, the South Pole, flown to the International Space Station and desce...
Mar 18, 2021
Asia stocks set to fall, pressured by soaring T-note yields
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks are set to open mostly lower on Friday, pressured by U.S. Treasury yields that rose to 14-month highs overnight and oil prices, which fell...
Mar 18, 2021
Global warming could cut over 60 countries' credit ratings by 2030, study warns
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A new algorithm-based study by a group of UK universities has predicted that 63 countries - roughly half the number rated by the likes of S&P Global, Moody's and Fitch...
Mar 18, 2021
Merkel's bloc loses another lawmaker to corruption allegations: Der Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Another legislator from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc stood down on Thursday evening when a magazine reported he had taken cash to lobby for a North Macedonian...
Mar 18, 2021
Fans allowed at Mets, Yankees games with proof of vaccine or negative COVID test
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees and Mets are welcoming back fans after the pandemic forced both Major League Baseball (MLB) teams to play in empty home stadiums last year, with attendees req...
Mar 18, 2021
No Zoom for intimate 2021 Oscars, producers say
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Oscars ceremony in April will be an intimate, in-person gathering, held without Zoom and limited to nominees, presenters and their guests, the producers said on Thursday. D...
Mar 18, 2021
Australia's Coles targets net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050
(Reuters) - Coles Group aims for net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050 as part of efforts to address global climate change, Australia's No.2 grocer said on Friday. Companies across the world have laid...
Mar 18, 2021
Spring chickens? Hawks’ hot start catches eye of rival Bison
By Dave Kolpack FARGO, N.D. - A hot start by the University of North Dakota in the strange spring football season precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic has given the Fighting Hawks confidence enter...
Mar 18, 2021
Brazil registers second deadliest day in COVID pandemic, with 2,724 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered its second deadliest day in its COVID pandemic, with 2,724 deaths, according to the Health Ministry on Thursday. The country had 86,982 new COVID cases. (R...
Mar 18, 2021
