Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indonesian LGBT+ magazines find a second life online
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Two men embracing on a magazine cover was more than risqu for Indonesia, thought LGBT+ researcher Ais, when he first discovered a trove of retro LGBT+ zines in ...
May 18, 2021
Swimming-Kolesnikov breaks 50m back world record, Peaty defends Euro title
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov broke his own 50m backstroke world record at the European swimming championships on Tuesday as Britain's Olympic champion Adam Peaty took his fourth su...
May 18, 2021
Senate Democrat proposes $52 billion for U.S. chips production, R&D
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer unveiled revised bipartisan legislation late Tuesday to approve $52 billion to significantly boost U.S. semicondu...
May 18, 2021
U.S. Democrat unveils resolution to electrify the economy
(Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich on Tuesday introduced a resolution calling for policies to accelerate the widespread electrification of the economy and slash the use of fossil fuel...
May 18, 2021
Soccer-Back to earth with a bump, Leicester’s Rodgers still hopeful of top four
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers came back to earth with a bump as a 2-1 defeat by Chelsea on Tuesday left his side's Premier League top-four hopes hanging by...
May 18, 2021
Japan to boost spending to promote local chip production – Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is planning to increase spending to ramp up local production of advanced semiconductors and batteries under this year's growth agenda, the Nikkei newspaper reported. Under the ...
May 18, 2021
Senate Republicans don’t offer Biden aides new infrastructure plan
By Susan Cornwell and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican lawmakers met on Tuesday with top officials from President Joe Biden's administration to seek common ground on an infrastructu...
May 18, 2021
Republicans slam Biden administration on report of Nord Stream sanctions waivers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday slammed the Biden administration over a media report that it will waive sanctions on the company behind Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas p...
May 18, 2021
Ceasefire still elusive in Israel-Gaza conflict
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire, with no firm sign on Wednesday of ...
May 18, 2021
With 745 fatalities, Argentina hits new one-day COVID-19 death record
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina reported a record one-day coronavirus death toll of 745 on Tuesday as the South American country gets hit by a second wave of infections that brought the number of p...
May 18, 2021
