Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer-What is ‘black fungus’ that is hitting India’s COVID-19 patients?
(Reuters) - A rapid rise in cases of mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, has added to the challenges faced by India's healthcare system as it deals with a massive second wave of COVID-19 infecti...
May 24, 2021
Russia accuses U.S. of exceeding limits imposed by New START arms control treaty
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Monday accused the United States of surpassing a limit imposed by the New START nuclear arms control treaty and said the number of Washington's launcher...
May 24, 2021
Ford says electric F-150 Lightning Pro truck to start at $39,974
(Reuters) - U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co said on Monday its new electric F-150 Lightning Pro for commercial customers would be available at a starting price of $39,974. Registrations have opened and t...
May 24, 2021
WHO’s Tedros urges countries and drug makers to get more vaccine to poorer countries
GENEVA (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is being perpetuated by a "scandalous inequity" in vaccine distribution, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. WHO director-general T...
May 24, 2021
UK Black Lives Matters activist critically ill after shooting
LONDON (Reuters) - Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is critically ill after being shot in the head in south London in the early hours of Sunday, her political party said. London's Metropolita...
May 24, 2021
A chill Fed, cool inflation, and a long list of reasons not to worry (so far)
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With inflation fears buzzing in markets and political circles, Federal Reserve officials have laid out long, itemized lists for why they feel a recent jump i...
May 24, 2021
Nepal says Everest climbing continues despite reports of COVID-19
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Nepali government official said on Monday that many foreign climbers were continuing their attempts to summit Mount Everest despite reports of a COVID-19 outbre...
May 24, 2021
Iran has told IAEA it is extending monitoring deal for a month – website
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it has decided to extend a monitoring deal with the agency for a month, Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency said o...
May 24, 2021
Myanmar junta leader casts doubt on return of Rohingya
(Reuters) - Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing cast doubt on the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to Bangladesh in comments made in his first interview since ta...
May 24, 2021
Analysis: Job-inflation tradeoff, exiled from Fed policy, could mean a hot summer
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tension between sticky job markets and rising prices could pose a growing problem for U.S. Federal Reserve officials who have staked an aggressive monetary p...
May 24, 2021
