Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox-What was the 1921 Tulsa race massacre?
By Makini Brice (Reuters) - This week marks the centenary of a white mob's deadly attacks on the African Americans of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Below is background on the events in Tulsa on May 30...
May 31, 2021
Russia to deploy military units near border in response to NATO – minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will deploy around 20 new military formations and units near its western borders by the end of the year in response to actions by the transatlantic NATO alliance, Defence Min...
May 31, 2021
Ethereum rises 5% at $2,509; bitcoin firm
LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency Ethereum climbed over 5% on Monday to $2,523 but remained more than 40% below a record high of above $4,300 hit earlier this month. At 0950 GMT, it was trading up 4.1...
May 31, 2021
After 100 years remembering, last survivors mark race massacre in Tulsa
By Makini Brice TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - Lessie Benningfield Randle, 106, can still remember a house engulfed in flames and the bodies stacked in truckbeds, one hundred years later. "I was quite a lit...
May 31, 2021
Israel’s politics: what just happened, and what’s next?
By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Two rivals of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a partnership on Sunday that could remove Israel's longest-serving leader. Here is a timeline of event...
May 31, 2021
Netanyahu’s disparate rivals try to nail down pact to unseat him
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rivals on Monday sought to finalise a unity coalition that would unseat the veteran leader, as political commentators ...
May 31, 2021
Reactions to China’s new three-child policy
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China announced on Monday that couples would be allowed to have up to three children, up from the current limit of two, in a bid to reverse a rapid decline in new births. Following...
May 31, 2021
Egypt’s intelligence chief holds truce talks with Hamas in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt's intelligence chief met Hamas leaders in Gaza on Monday in an effort to bolster a ceasefire between the Palestinian militant group and Israel and to discus...
May 31, 2021
WHO agrees to study major reforms, meet again on pandemic treaty
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization, battling to coordinate the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, agreed on Monday to study recommendations for ambitious reforms made by indepe...
May 31, 2021
Nestle, under fire over unhealthy products, working on new strategy
ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle said on Monday it was working on updating its nutrition and health strategy after the Financial Times reported an internal document at the food giant described a large portio...
May 31, 2021
