Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘Please help us’: Migrants, exposed to freezing Bosnia winter, await chance to reach EU
By Fedja Grulovic BIHAC, Bosnia (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants are taking shelter in abandoned buildings in and around the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihac, wrapping up as best they can against th...
Jan 11, 2021
Adele approves of British soccer team’s “Someone Like You” victory song
What does it take to get Adele back on Twitter, where she hasn't been seen since October? A bunch of British soccer players singing one of her songs, apparently. An extremely minor league soccer team ...
Jan 11, 2021
At 14X Platinum, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” is now the highest-certified song in RIAA history
Lil Nas X started off 2021 by releasing a children's book, C Is for Country and teasing a future collaboration with Miley Cyrus . Over the weekend, the 21-year-old singer learned that his smash-hit si...
Jan 11, 2021
Shale gas pioneer Chesapeake Energy worth $5.13 billion on bankruptcy exit -U.S. judge
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp's value has soared since its June bankruptcy filing, the U.S. judge overseeing the natural gas producer's trial indicated, and is worth $5.13 billion, far ab...
Jan 11, 2021
Trial of COVID-19 blood plasma finds no benefit in severely ill patients
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - An international trial testing convalescent blood plasma on COVID-19 patients with moderate and severe illness has halted enrolment of severely ill COVID-19 patients...
Jan 11, 2021
Virgin Atlantic close to $230 million sale and leaseback deal for two planes
LONDON (Reuters) - Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson's airline which has been hammered by the pandemic, is close to finalising a deal to raise just over $230 million from two planes, enabling it to rep...
Jan 11, 2021
Josh Groban to ring in Valentine’s Day with intimate livestreamed concert
Josh Groban will be spending Valentine's Day with his fans. The four-time Grammy nominated singer announced Saturday that he will release an intimate livestream concert on the most romantic day of the...
Jan 11, 2021
Staples offers $2.1 billion cash to buy Office Depot parent
(Reuters) - Office supplies retailer Staples on Monday said it made an offer to buy Office Depot owner ODP Corp for $2.1 billion in cash, nearly five years after its second takeover effort was rejecte...
Jan 11, 2021
Students in Rome stage sit-in to demand schools be re-opened
ROME (Reuters) - Dozens of students staged a sit-in protest outside their school in central Rome on Monday, urging the government to re-open the education sector across the country after most of its 2...
Jan 11, 2021
Paris Club of international creditors accept Kenya debt relief request
LONDON (Reuters) - The Paris Club of international creditors said on Monday it had accepted a request from Kenya for a debt-servicing suspension from January to the end of June. "Kenya is committed to...
Jan 11, 2021
