Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Some U.S. Black pastors, key players in COVID education, are hesitating to push vaccine
By Gabriella Borter and Makini Brice NEW YORK (Reuters) - When a major healthcare organization asked A.R. Bernard, the Black head of a Brooklyn megachurch, to sit on a committee tasked with boosting a...
Dec 22, 2020
Analysis-U.S. shale oil just had its worst year and the pain could bleed into 2021
By Jennifer Hiller and Devika Krishna Kumar HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas shares and drilling activity are edging higher, but a disastrous year for the energy industry means the go-go ...
Dec 22, 2020
Kremlin mocks foe Navalny over alleged underwear poison plot
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday mocked opposition politician Alexei Navalny and tried to call his sanity into question, a day after he said he had tricked a Russian secret agent into disclos...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. lenders score small business relief, accounting help in pandemic package
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The long-awaited $900 billion U.S. pandemic aid package will help banks by boosting borrowers' finances and easing a key small-business lend...
Dec 22, 2020
'Glimmer of hope': Beirut seeks Christmas cheer after devastating year
By Issam Abdallah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Near the wreckage of Beirut's port, a charity is bringing Christmas cheer to a city hammered by a devastating explosion, rising coronavirus infections and the wors...
Dec 22, 2020
EU, UK chiefs discuss COVID, Brexit - EU sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke on disagreements over fisheries that are barring a new trade deal, as well as the...
Dec 22, 2020
Roadside bomb kills prison doctors in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed at least five prison doctors and health workers in the Afghan capital on Tuesday while they were on their way to the country's largest jail, officials said. Th...
Dec 22, 2020
Rio's mayor arrested over bribery scheme, say police and prosecutors
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's mayor Marcelo Crivella was arrested on Tuesday morning for alleged involvement in a corruption scheme at city hall, police and prosecutors said. Crivella, w...
Dec 22, 2020
Fighting Hawks Preview: UND closes out nonconference play at Drake
Next Game: vs. Drake The University of North Dakota men’s basketball team will wrap-up nonconference play on Tuesday evening with a showdown against Drake from the Knapp Center at 6 p.m. tune in...
Dec 22, 2020
FIFA files criminal complaint over Blatter role in museum project
(Reuters) - World soccer's governing body FIFA say they have filed a criminal complaint with Zurich's cantonal prosecutor, claiming evidence of "criminal mismanagement" of a museum project set up by f...
Dec 22, 2020
