Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. man charged with torturing a worker in Iraq’s Kurdistan region
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -A Pennsylvania man has been charged by U.S. federal prosecutors with torturing an employee at a construction project that the defendant was managing in Iraq's Kurdistan re...
Feb 18, 2022
SWIFT banking curbs unlikely to be in initial Russia package, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Measures banning Russia from the SWIFT financial system are unlikely to be included in an initial sanctions package against Russia if it invades Ukraine, White House deputy nati...
Feb 18, 2022
Baseball-MLB postpones start of Spring Training as labor dispute continues
(Reuters) - Major League Baseball on Friday said it would postpone the start of Spring Training games until at least March 5 due to an ongoing labor dispute with its players. Little progress has been ...
Feb 18, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court to hear ‘remain in Mexico’ immigration dispute
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Joe Biden's bid to rescind a hardline immigration policy begun under his predecessor Donald Trump that forced tens ...
Feb 18, 2022
Calhoun Public Health Department lifting rest of COVID-19 quarantine orders on Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – The Calhoun County Public Health Department has announced they will lift its remaining COVID-19 health orders pertaining to quarantining in K-12 educational settin...
Feb 18, 2022
U.S. says Russia was responsible for cyberattack against Ukrainian banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian military intelligence was behind the recent spate of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that briefly knocked Ukrainian banking and government websites offline,...
Feb 18, 2022
Olympics-Sport & Rights Alliance urges IOC to act on human rights abuses
(Reuters) - The Sport & Rights Alliance on Friday requested a meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to discuss what it said were human rights abuses at the Beijing W...
Feb 18, 2022
Russia trying to provoke Ukraine’s military to attack, Kyiv says
By Natalia Zinets and Maria Tsvetkova KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's top security official Oleksiy Danilov on Friday accused Russia of staging provocations in eastern Ukraine to try to goad Ukraine's mili...
Feb 18, 2022
Insurance losses due to Storm Eunice estimated at 200 million stg to 350 million stg -PwC
(Reuters) - Storm Eunice is likely to cause insurance losses of 200 million pounds ($272 million) to 350 million pounds ($476 million) due to property damage, business and travel disruption, PwC UK sa...
Feb 18, 2022
Analysis-U.S., allies united if Russia invades, at odds over other scenarios
By Andrea Shalal and Robin Emmott WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States and its allies have mapped out detailed plans for coordinated, severe sanctions if Russian troops physically invade ...
Feb 18, 2022
