Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Western countries call on Russia at UN rights body to release Navalny
GENEVA (Reuters) - Dozens of countries including the United States called on Russia on Friday to release Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny saying his imprisonment was unlawful and demanding an investigati...
Syndicated Content Mar 12, 2021
Kremlin critic Navalny moved from jail, whereabouts unknown – Navalny’s Twitter cites lawyers
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been moved from a jail in Russia's Vladimir region and his whereabouts are currently unknown, according to a post on Friday on Navalny's Twitter ac...
Syndicated Content Mar 12, 2021
South Africa’s Zulu King Zwelithini dies at 72, hailed as ‘visionary monarch’
By Nqobile Dludla and Kirthana Pillay JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who saw himself as the custodian of his people's culture and was praised by South African President Cyril ...
Syndicated Content Mar 12, 2021
Popularity of Harry and Meghan plummets in UK after Oprah interview, poll says
LONDON (Reuters) - The popularity of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan has tumbled in Britain and has never been lower following their explosive interview with U.S. chat show host Oprah Winfrey, accord...
Syndicated Content Mar 12, 2021
German president blasts ‘shameful’ MPs over face mask scandal
BERLIN (Reuters) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday lawmakers caught in a face mask procurement scandal had engaged in "shabby and shameful" behaviour, shaking the governing Chr...
Syndicated Content Mar 12, 2021
Take Five: Week of the central banks
(Reuters) - 1/ TIME TO PUSH BACK? After a stunning selloff in U.S. Treasuries took benchmark 10-year yields above 1.6%, the highest in a year, the March 16-17 Federal Reserve meeting will be watched c...
Syndicated Content Mar 12, 2021
U.S. economic bridge may finally span pandemic’s end as benefits, vaccines both roll on
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Good news came in a bundle this week for workers furloughed last year from the Walt Disney Co.'s California theme park. The comp...
Syndicated Content Mar 12, 2021
German officials back AstraZeneca vaccine after clot concerns
BERLIN (Reuters) - Top German public health officials said AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine was safe and Germany would continue to use it on Friday after several European countries halted its distributi...
Syndicated Content Mar 12, 2021
States seek curbs on transgender girls in sports, inflaming U.S. culture war
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Grace Walker, 17, was captain of the girls' tennis team at her Minnesota high school until the coronavirus pandemic wiped out her season. Now her state is one of 20 across...
Syndicated Content Mar 12, 2021
Facebook, Google fight bill that would help U.S. news industry
By Diane Bartz and Helen Coster WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lobbyists for Facebook and Google threw their weight against new U.S. legislation that seeks to aid struggling news publishers by allowing them t...
Syndicated Content Mar 12, 2021





