Author Archives: Syndicated Content
“Space is for everyone”: Europe’s Space Agency to hire first disabled astronaut
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Space Agency hopes to hire and launch the world's first physically disabled astronaut and several hundred would-be para-astronauts have already applie...
Jun 25, 2021
Factbox-After Chauvin sentencing, charges remain for police officers in Floyd case
(Reuters) - Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin will be sentenced on Friday for murdering George Floyd in May 2020. Chauvin, who was captured on cell phone video kneeling on Floyd's neck for ne...
Jun 25, 2021
Fed’s Mester says investments in workforce and inclusion lead to more resilient economy
(Reuters) - Investments that strengthen the labor force and improve economic inclusion can help to boost economic growth, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester said on Friday. "If we...
Jun 25, 2021
UK pilot scheme finds no big COVID outbreaks at test events
LONDON (Reuters) - A British trial of how risky cultural and sporting events are for transmission of the coronavirus found no substantial outbreaks of COVID-19 although the findings were based on a lo...
Jun 25, 2021
Paraguay first lady in Florida amid search for sister missing in condo collapse
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's first lady Silvana Lpez Moreira traveled to Florida to accompany her family amid an ongoing search for her sister, who is missing after a condo buil...
Jun 25, 2021
Despite smaller scale, Barcelona relieved at return of telecoms gathering
By Luis Felipe Castilleja and Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona recalls the cancellation of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in February 2020 as the first sign that COVID-19 was a real, immedia...
Jun 25, 2021
India’s richest state shuts malls, cinemas as new variant spreads
By Rajendra Jadhav and Bhargav Acharya MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's richest state on Friday ordered malls and cinema halls to close as it scrambles to control a more transmissible variant of t...
Jun 25, 2021
Most Belarus potash exports not affected by EU sanctions – analysts
By Andrius Sytas and Polina Devitt VILNIUS/MOSCOW (Reuters) -The European Union's ban on imports and transit of potash from Belarus will not affect most exports of the crop nutrient from the world's t...
Jun 25, 2021
Prevent transmission to prevent variants, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The best way to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from evolving is to slow its transmission, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. "New variants are ...
Jun 25, 2021
Washington says it sees little scope for deal-making at WTO this year
GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.S. delegate told the World Trade Organization on Friday that he saw "very little scope for negotiated outcomes" ahead of a major ministerial conference set for later this year, ...
Jun 25, 2021
