Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘Spider-man: No Way Home’ opens with $50 million at domestic box offices
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Spider-man: No Way Home" took in $50 million at U.S. and Canadian movie box offices on Thursday, the third-highest total for preview showings ahead of its opening weekend, dis...
Dec 17, 2021
U.S. fishing industry teams up with oil lobby to fight offshore wind
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. commercial fishing industry are teaming up with an oil industry-backed lobbying group to fight offshore wind energy development on the East Coast, acco...
Dec 17, 2021
Jets coach Paul Maurice resigns after nine seasons
The Winnipeg Jets announced the resignation Friday of head coach Paul Maurice. Assistant coach Dave Lowry assumes the duties on an interim basis. Maurice, 54, had held the position since replacing the...
Dec 17, 2021
SPAC boom fizzles as investors cash out on big names
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Medha Singh (Reuters) - Several companies, including Grab Holdings and BuzzFeed, that merged with shell entities to go public have seen their shares tumble, as investors pu...
Dec 17, 2021
U.S. sanctions militia leader in Central African Republic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday imposed sanctions on Ali Darassa, a militia leader in Central African Republic (CAR) whose forces it accused of murder, torture, rape and kidnappin...
Dec 17, 2021
Soccer-UEFA working with CONMEBOL on joint Nations League
(Reuters) - UEFA is in talks with the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) over a joint Nations League that would see the likes of Brazil and Argentina compete in the expanded competition,...
Dec 17, 2021
CDC releases new guidance to allow children exposed to COVID-19 to attend school
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new strategy called 'test-to-stay' that allows unvaccinated children to stay in school even if they have been ex...
Dec 17, 2021
Omicron five times more likely to reinfect than Delta, study says
By Clara-Laeila Laudette (Reuters) - The risk of reinfection with the Omicron coronavirus variant is more than five times higher and it has shown no sign of being milder than Delta, a study by Imperia...
Dec 17, 2021
Roger Stone appears before January 6 committee, refuses to testify
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone appeared before a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Friday but said he refused to answer questi...
Dec 17, 2021
After voter slap, Switzerland tries again with plan to slash emissions
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland laid out new proposals on Friday for a law to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, pushing ahead with a carbon dioxide tax although eschewing controversial measur...
Dec 17, 2021
