Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘Unfair and unjust’ – a bitter Cuomo says farewell to New Yorkers
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - In his final public remarks as governor of New York on Monday, Andrew Cuomo complained about what he called the unfairness of the state investigation that conclu...
Aug 23, 2021
Spain will receive up to 4,000 Afghans at two military bases, source says
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will temporarily host up to 4,000 Afghans, who had worked for the United States, at two military bases used by the U.S. military in southern Spain, a government source told Re...
Aug 23, 2021
Tennis-U.S. Open to offer record overall purse, winners’ payout down
(Reuters) - The U.S. Open will offer total prize money of $57.5 million this year, eclipsing the record payout of $57.2 million set in 2019, tournament organisers said on Monday. The event was held wi...
Aug 23, 2021
Probe clears police officer who shot woman in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Capitol Police said on Monday an internal investigation has found no wrongdoing by the police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt, a supporter of then-President...
Aug 23, 2021
Didi suspends UK launch plans – Telegraph
(Reuters) - China's ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc has suspended its plans to launch in Britain and continental Europe, The Telegraph reported on Monday. The company did not immediately respond to...
Aug 23, 2021
France’s COVID-19 hospitalisations above 11,000 for first time since early June
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities said on Monday the number of people hospitalised for COVID-19 rose by 356 over 24 hours to 11,007, the first time the figure exceeded 11,000 in more than tw...
Aug 23, 2021
Taliban name acting head of central bank as economic turmoil grows
(Reuters) - The Taliban have appointed an acting head of Afghanistan's central bank to help ease growing economic turmoil, more than a week after the Islamist movement seized the capital Kabul, a stat...
Aug 23, 2021
Greek scientists advise COVID-19 booster shots for vulnerable
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's top medical advisers said on Monday vulnerable groups with underlying diseases should get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, in a bid to curb a rise in Delta variant infection...
Aug 23, 2021
Biden administration defends eviction ban at U.S. Supreme Court
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to leave in place a COVID-19 pandemic-related federal ban on residential evictions while ...
Aug 23, 2021
New flight carrying at-risk Afghans arriving in U.S. later on Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A new flight carrying evacuated at-risk Afghans will arrive in the United States later on Monday from Ramstein air base in Germany, a senior State Department official said, addin...
Aug 23, 2021
