Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden Supreme Court pick Jackson meets lawmakers who will oversee her confirmation
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal appellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's pick to become the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, visited the Senate ...
Mar 02, 2022
NHL-Senators to play Ukrainian national anthem before home games
(Reuters) - The Ukrainian national anthem will be played before home Ottawa Senators games for the rest of the season as part of a pledge to support the country in its war with Russia, the National Ho...
Mar 02, 2022
UN rights forum picks ex-ICC prosecutor to lead Ethiopia abuses investigation
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council has picked the former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to lead a panel investigating violations of human rights in the conflic...
Mar 02, 2022
Lavrov says Russia wants list of weapons that can never be deployed in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow remained committed to the demilitarisation of Ukraine and there should be a list of specified weapons that could ...
Mar 02, 2022
Lawsuit claiming Kellogg’s Strawberry Pop-Tarts have too few strawberries is dismissed
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Kellogg Co has won the dismissal of a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming its Strawberry Pop-Tarts do not contain enough strawberries. U.S. District Judge Marvin Asp...
Mar 02, 2022
Georgia to submit bid to join EU on Thursday – TASS
(Reuters) - Georgia plans on Thursday to submit an application to join the European Union, Russia's TASS news agency quoted the former Soviet republic's ruling party as saying on Wednesday. (Reporting...
Mar 02, 2022
White House to work with Congress on additional COVID funds -Zients
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will work with Congress in coming weeks to secure additional funding needed to prepare and manage COVID now and long-term, White House COVID-19 Response Coordina...
Mar 02, 2022
PAHO says women disproportionately affected by COVID-19 pandemic
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Wednesday said that across the Americas the COVID-19 pandemic has placed the most vulnerable at greater risk and in a region rife wi...
Mar 02, 2022
Biden heads to Wisconsin after delivering his first State of the Union speech
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is traveling to Wisconsin on Wednesday to speak about his bipartisan infrastructure law and how it will help build roads and bridges and deli...
Mar 02, 2022
Turkey eases coronavirus-related restrictions – minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey eased the majority of coronavirus-related restrictions on Wednesday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said, almost two years after the first case was identified in th...
Mar 02, 2022
