Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain to invest 5 million stg in climate resilience research
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has launched a 5 million pound ($7 million) research programme to help better prepare for risks posed by climate change such as heatwaves and floods, the government said on ...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin urges Fed to reduce asset purchases to minimize inflation risks
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin urged the Federal Reserve to start withdrawing some of its economic support in a letter to Fed Chair Jerome Powell in which the moderate Democrat...
Aug 05, 2021
Biden signs law honoring officers who fought U.S. Capitol attackers
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday honored police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol against insurrectionists on Jan. 6 by signing legislation that awarded them C...
Aug 05, 2021
Soccer-Disbelief in Argentina as Messi to leave Barcelona
(Reuters) - For the second time in a month football dominated both the front and back pages of newspapers in Argentina as a shocked nation dissected the news that Lionel Messi was leaving Barcelona. A...
Aug 05, 2021
Victoria enters sixth pandemic lockdown as Australia widens restrictions
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than half of all Australians woke up to hard lockdowns on Friday as the country battles to contain COVID-19 outbreaks fuelled by the Delta virus variant, with Vict...
Aug 05, 2021
Mexico posts 21,569 new COVID-19 cases, 618 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Health Ministry on Thursday reported 21,569 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country and 618 fatalities, bringing its totals to 2,922,663 infections and 243,165 ...
Aug 05, 2021
Festivals for Britain as events get $1 billion COVID reinsurance cover
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a government-backed reinsurance scheme totalling more than 750 million pounds ($1 billion) on Thursday to cover live events against cancellation ris...
Aug 05, 2021
Manulife, Sun Life see short-term challenges in Asia amid COVID resurgence
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's biggest life insurers Manulife Financial Corp and Sun Life Financial on Thursday flagged short-term challenges in Asia as a resurgence in coronavirus cases leads to a resu...
Aug 05, 2021
Victim of massacre backs Mexico’s suit against U.S. arms makers
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mormon of U.S.-Mexican origin who lost a daughter and four grandchildren in a massacre by gang members in 2019 on Thursday backed a plan by the Mexican govern...
Aug 05, 2021
Olympics-Transgender weightlifter becomes focus of inclusion vs fairness debate
By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - At 43, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is nearly twice the average age of her Tokyo 2020 competitors. Having shifted 285 kg in qualifying, she is also one of ...
Aug 05, 2021
