Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID-19 vaccine chasers hunt, wait and hope in Los Angeles
By Norma Galeana SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. (Reuters) - Jose Luis Espinoza had been chasing a COVID-19 vaccine for more than three weeks. He hadn't hugged his 98-year-old father in a long time, and was ...
Feb 09, 2021
Music, marching and now a movie: How a young Black artist is pushing for justice in America
By Donna Bryson (Reuters) - Musician Nathan Nzanga has marched in Portland, Chicago, and his hometown of Seattle. The rapper also has written songs that reflect why he protests, compositions calling f...
Feb 09, 2021
Indian police arrest man suspected of leading farm protest violence
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police in the Indian capital arrested a man on Tuesday accused of leading a group of farmers who clashed with police and stormed the historic Red Fort last mon...
Feb 09, 2021
WHO official says Wuhan probe does not dramatically change picture of outbreak
WUHAN, China (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of COVID-19 said on Tuesday that its investigation had uncovered new information but had not dramaticall...
Feb 09, 2021
Britain's Konta retires from Australian Open due to injury
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Briton Johanna Konta retired from her Australian Open first-round match against Kaja Juvan of Slovenia on Tuesday due to injury while leading 6-4 0-2. Konta, seeded 13th at Melbo...
Feb 09, 2021
Chinese banks see fewer bad loans as economy recovers from COVID-19
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese banks saw the size of their bad loans shrinking at the end of last year, statistics from the country's top banking and insurance watchdog showed on Tuesday, as businesses' ...
Feb 09, 2021
Ethiopia says it has secured 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines till April
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia has secured nine million doses of COVID-19 vaccines up until April and hopes to inoculate at least a fifth of its 110 million people by the end of the year, the health...
Feb 09, 2021
COVID virus could have been circulating elsewhere before Wuhan discovery - Chinese expert
WUHAN, China (Reuters) - The virus that causes COVID-19 could have been circulating in other regions before it was identified in the central Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019, a top expert at C...
Feb 09, 2021
U.S. safety board to meet on Kobe Bryant fatal helicopter crash
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) meets on Tuesday to determine the probable cause of the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed retired NBA...
Feb 09, 2021
IOC says Tokyo 2020 chief Mori comments 'absolutely inappropriate'
BERLIN (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that comments about women made by Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games chief Yoshiro Mori were "absolutely inappropriate". "The recent commen...
Feb 09, 2021
