Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. Yemen envoy Griffiths tapped to be U.N. aid chief -sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations Yemen mediator Martin Griffiths has been tapped to become the world body's new aid chief, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Griffiths will replace Mark Lowcock a...
May 11, 2021
Ex-Pentagon chief defends response to Capitol riot, feared appearance of ‘coup’
By David Shepardson and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The man who led the Pentagon during former President Donald Trump's supporters' deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected to defend his dec...
May 11, 2021
U.S. lawmakers seek answers from GM on Mexican labor dispute
(Reuters) -Three senior U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday asked General Motors Co to answer questions about reported labor rights violations at its Silao plant in Mexico, after the automaker's union there was...
May 11, 2021
‘Rationals’ vs. ‘radicals’: Anti-Trump Republicans threaten third party
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over 100 former Republican officials will sign a letter on Thursday declaring that if the Republican Party does not break with former President Donald Trump and chan...
May 11, 2021
Horse racing-Medina Spirit eligible to enter Preakness Stakes
(Reuters) - Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, the Bob Baffert-trained horse which failed a drug test after its May 1 triumph, is eligible to compete in Saturday's Preakness Stakes, the Maryland Joc...
May 11, 2021
Canadian province of Ontario will pause first doses of AstraZeneca vaccine
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Ontario will stop offering first doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine because of evidence that the risk of rare blood clots is somewhat higher than prev...
May 11, 2021
Georgia men plead not guilty to U.S. hate crime charges in death of Arbery
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Three Georgia men pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal hate crime charges in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was gunned down last year...
May 11, 2021
Pfizer asks UK regulator to approve vaccine for teenagers – The Telegraph
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc has formally asked the UK medical regulator for permission to use its COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds in Britain, the Telegraph reported on Tuesday. "We can confirm tha...
May 11, 2021
Prosecutor says suspect in Georgia spa shootings committed hate crimes- NY Times
(Reuters) - A prosecutor in Georgia on Tuesday said the suspect in the shooting deaths of eight people at Atlanta-area spas had targeted some of his victims because they were Asian, thus committing ha...
May 11, 2021
Golf-Matsuyama says quarantine in Japan allowed Masters win to sink in
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Hideki Matsuyama said on Tuesday that the two-week COVID-19 quarantine he underwent upon his return to Japan after his Masters triumph last month allowed him a chance to ab...
May 11, 2021
