Author Archives: Syndicated Content
S.Korea’s Yoon pledges $300 million to global COVID response initiative
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol pledged on Thursday to provide an additional $300 million won to a global initiative to fund COVID-19 tests, treatments and ...
May 12, 2022
Tennis-Swiatek wins 25th straight match to reach Rome quarter-finals
(Reuters) - World number one Iga Swiatek stretched her winning streak to 25 matches by beating Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-1 in the last 16 of the Italian Open in Rome on Thursday. Poland's Swiatek, who h...
May 12, 2022
U.S. Senate to vote Thursday on Fed chair Powell’s second term
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on Jerome Powell's second term as chair of the Federal Reserve at about 1:45 p.m. (1745 GMT) on Thursday, the Senate Press Gallery said in a ...
May 12, 2022
S.Africa’s Ramaphosa to multilateral agencies: buy COVID vaccines from African providers
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's president told a global COVID-19 summit on Thursday that multilateral agencies and philanthropic organisations should buy vaccines and booster doses from Africa...
May 12, 2022
Meatpackers convinced Trump officials to keep plants running during COVID crisis -U.S. House report
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Top U.S. meatpacking companies drafted the executive order issued by President Donald Trump in 2020 to keep meat plants running and convinced his administration to encourag...
May 12, 2022
Reports: Raiders to acquire QB Jarrett Stidham from Patriots
Jarrett Stidham was acquired by the Las Vegas Raiders to be the backup to Derek Carr in a swap with the New England Patriots, according to multiple reports. Stidham and a seventh-round draft pick in 2...
May 12, 2022
Factbox-U.S. companies and their cryptocurrency holdings
(Reuters) - A meltdown in one of the world's largest stablecoins, TerraUSD, sent shockwaves through cryptocurrency markets on Thursday, wiping out bitcoin's 2021 gains and sending it to a 16-month low...
May 12, 2022
After being rejected for appointment by the Michigan Senate, Hoadley says he would welcome a second chance to get on the WMU board
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The decision by the Republican-controlled Michigan State to reject the appointment of Democrat Jon Hoadley to the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees is ju...
May 12, 2022
Generic drugmakers to sell Pfizer’s Paxlovid for $25 or less in low-income countries
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several generic drugmakers that will produce versions of Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid have agreed to sell the medicine in low- and middle-income...
May 12, 2022
U.S. groups urge social media companies to fight ‘Big Lie,” election disinformation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Social media companies including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok must act now to blunt the effect of false information - including Donald Trump's "Big Lie" that his 2020 d...
May 12, 2022
