Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Myanmar news site says American editor detained
(Reuters) - An American editor of a news site in military-ruled Myanmar was detained on Monday as he attempted to take a flight out of the country, his news organisation said, the third foreign journa...
May 24, 2021
Olympics-IOC now in ‘delivery mode’ for Tokyo Games, says Team GB head
LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic organisers are fully focused on delivering the Tokyo Games and there is no internal debate on whether they will happen, Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England said on Monday. ...
May 24, 2021
Fed’s Brainard says she expects pricing pressures to subside over time
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The recent inflation spike seen in some areas of the economy should settle down after prices recover from the lows reached at the start of the pandemic and temporary imbalances be...
May 24, 2021
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 invests $250 million in banking tech startup Zeta
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund 2 has invested $250 million in Zeta, valuing it at $1.45 billion, the banking technology startup said on Monday. Zeta, founded in 2015, will use the proce...
May 24, 2021
Venezuela receives 1.3 million COVID-19 vaccines from China: Maduro
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said 1.3 million vaccines from China had arrived in the South American country, which is poised to start a vaccination campaign in the coming da...
May 24, 2021
Israeli businesses lost $368 million during Gaza fighting
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli businesses lost 1.2 billion shekels ($368 million) during 11 days of fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group in Gaza, the country's main ind...
May 24, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs case over city liability in police shootings
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case over whether to make it easier to hold municipalities liable for civil rights violations committed by their polic...
May 24, 2021
Vaccines delivered under COVAX sharing scheme for poorer countries
(Adds Moldova) (Reuters) - The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), aims to secure 2 billion vaccine doses for lo...
May 24, 2021
Mexico says U.S. should not downgrade Mexico air safety rating
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that he does not think U.S. authorities should downgrade Mexico's air safety designation, saying all the norms are ...
May 24, 2021
Tremors shake Congo city, close schools, shops after volcanic eruption
GOMA (Reuters) - Waves of earth tremors rocked the Congolese city of Goma on Monday, unnerving residents still reeling from a volcano eruption at the weekend that tore through nearby villages, displac...
May 24, 2021
