Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexico says U.S. should not downgrade Mexico air safety rating
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that he does not think U.S. authorities should downgrade Mexico's air safety designation, saying all the norms are ...
May 24, 2021
Tremors shake Congo city, close schools, shops after volcanic eruption
GOMA (Reuters) - Waves of earth tremors rocked the Congolese city of Goma on Monday, unnerving residents still reeling from a volcano eruption at the weekend that tore through nearby villages, displac...
May 24, 2021
U.S. says primary focus is to ensure ceasefire holds, aid delivered to Gaza
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will focus primarily on ensuring that a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians holds during his visit to the region later on Monday...
May 24, 2021
General Atlantic-backed Centessa targets $1.7 billion valuation in U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - Centessa Pharmaceuticals Plc, the newly formed biopharma company backed by private equity firm General Atlantic, said on Monday it was aiming for a valuation of up to $1.7 billion in its i...
May 24, 2021
Taiwan’s bid to take part in WHO annual assembly fails
GENEVA (Reuters) - Taiwan's bid to take part in the annual ministerial assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) formally ended on Monday, despite support from a handful of countries including a...
May 24, 2021
Russia gives Google one day to delete banned content, threatens slowdown
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's communications watchdog on Monday gave Google 24 hours to delete what it called prohibited content and said that Moscow could impose a punitive slowdown measure on it, the ...
May 24, 2021
Norwegian Cruise to return to U.S. sailing in August
(Reuters) - Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd said on Monday it would return to sailing in the United States from Aug. 7, more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic brought the industry to a virtua...
May 24, 2021
Dylan’s ‘Lay Lady Lay’ lyrics and Cobain self-portrait head to auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Dylan's handwritten lyrics to "Lay Lady Lay," a cheeky self-portrait by Kurt Cobain and five guitars designed by the late Eddie Van Halen are among 1,300 items going up for...
May 24, 2021
Exclusive-Korean AI tutor Riiid raises $175 million from SoftBank, heads to public schools
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Riiid Inc, a South Korean AI tutorial startup, on Monday said it raised $175 million from SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund 2 as it looks to shake up the world of standa...
May 24, 2021
Fed’s Brainard says central bank stepping up exploration of digital dollar
By Jonnelle Marte and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is stepping up its research and other efforts to explore the potential development of a digital version of the U.S. dollar at a t...
May 24, 2021
