Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NYC’s pandemic-hit hospitality industry faces labor shortage a year on
By Roselle Chen (Reuters) - After more than a year of being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, New York City restaurants reopened indoor dining to 100% capacity this week, but a shortage of hospita...
May 21, 2021
AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine slightly less effective against variant found in India, CEO tells FT
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine was only slightly less effective against the variant first found in India than the strain identified in Kent, the company's Chief Executive Officer Pascal So...
May 21, 2021
Doping-WADA eager to work with U.S., dismisses U.S. doping agency threats
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) indicated on Friday it is eager to work with the United States on governance reforms but pushed back on demands from the U.S. Anti-Dopi...
May 21, 2021
Suspect arrested in attack on Jewish man in New York’s Times Square
By Peter Szekely NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man was arrested and several others were being sought in connection with an attack on a Jewish man in New York's Times Square that drew the attention of several...
May 21, 2021
Germany declares U.K. a virus variant region
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's public health institute on Friday declared Britain and Northern Ireland a virus variant region, requiring anyone entering the country from the United Kingdom to quarantine...
May 21, 2021
COVID-19 deaths in Latin America set to surpass 1 million, as outbreak worsens
By Sebastian Rocandio RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean was due to pass 1 million people on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pand...
May 21, 2021
USAID to pull El Salvador government aid due to transparency concerns
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - The U.S. Agency for International Development, commonly known as USAID, said on Friday it is pulling aid from El Salvador's police and another government body and redirecting ...
May 21, 2021
Ghana police arrest 21 LGBT+ activists at ‘unlawful’ gathering
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghanaian police on Friday said they had detained 21 people they suspected of promoting an LGBT+ agenda at an unlawful assembly in the southeastern city of Ho. LGBT+ people face wides...
May 21, 2021
White House would back smaller broadband internet boost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said Friday it was willing to accept a smaller Republican proposal to spend $65 billion to expand high-speed broadband internet to unserved areas as it seeks to ...
May 21, 2021
Auto data startup Wejo in talks with Virtuoso on SPAC merger – sources
By Ben Klayman and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Wejo is in talks to go public through a reverse merger with blank-check company Virtuoso Acquisition Corp in a deal that would value the British connected ca...
May 21, 2021
