Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Games-Athletes free to protest about social injustice at Birmingham Commonwealth Games
(Reuters) - Competitors at this year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will be allowed to take a knee or display a symbol in solidarity with a cause after organisers unveiled a set of "guiding princi...
Feb 23, 2022
German parties agree relief for households as energy prices soar
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's coalition parties agreed on Wednesday a roughly 13 billion euro package of measures to help households cope with surging energy prices, including scrapping a surcharge lev...
Feb 23, 2022
Biden says U.S. to impose sanctions on company building Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration will impose sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG, the company in charge of building Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. "Today, I ha...
Feb 23, 2022
Rough seas delay salvage operation for burning ship carrying luxury cars
LISBON (Reuters) - Rough waters forced authorities on Wednesday to postpone a salvage operation for a ship packed with luxury cars that have been on fire for a week in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean...
Feb 23, 2022
Former head of New York police union expected to appear in federal court Wednesday
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former head of one of New York City's police unions was expected to appear in federal court on Wednesday, a source close to the situation said, nearly five m...
Feb 23, 2022
COVID-19 shot interval can be extended to 8 weeks for some -U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - Extending the interval between the first two doses of the most widely used COVID-19 vaccines in the country to eight weeks for young men can reduce the rare risk of heart inflammation, U.S...
Feb 23, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court mulls Republican bid to defend Trump immigration rule
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday struggled over whether to let Republican state officials defend an immigration rule crafted by former President Donald T...
Feb 23, 2022
Chinese ex-diplomat’s forced labor conviction overturned by U.S. appeals court
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a former Chinese diplomat and head of U.S. operations for a Chinese construction company for eng...
Feb 23, 2022
Pirelli taking steps to counter higher costs, Ukraine crisis
MILAN (Reuters) -Italian tyremaker Pirelli on Wednesday reassured it was taking steps to offset higher costs as well as the impact of the crisis in Ukraine, and had a contingency plan ready were the s...
Feb 23, 2022
Berlin and Paris illuminate buildings in Ukrainian colours in show of unity
BERLIN (Reuters) -The German capital lit up the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin's most famous landmark in blue and yellow, the national colours of Ukraine, on Wednesday evening in a show of unity with Kyiv a...
Feb 23, 2022
