Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Golf-Only victory will satisfy Mickelson says Harrington
By Andrew Both KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (Reuters) - As Phil Mickelson vaulted to the second-round lead and the precipice of history at the PGA Championship on Friday, middle-aged peer Padraig Harrington sa...
May 21, 2021
Minnesota attorney general to lead prosecution of Daunte Wright shooting
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will lead the prosecution of a former policewoman charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a young Black man during a traff...
May 21, 2021
White House says no plans to require vaccines for foreign visitors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it has no plans to require foreign visitors to the United States to be vaccinated for COVID-19, even as the European Union plans to allow American...
May 21, 2021
Mexico to get material for 4 million AstraZeneca doses, official says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico will receive the active ingredient for a total of some 4 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots by the end of next week, a senior Mexican official said on Friday, shi...
May 21, 2021
Irish data regulator resumes Facebook data transfer probe
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland's data regulator has given Facebook six weeks to respond to an investigation that may trigger a ban on the social media giant's transatlantic data transfers following a High ...
May 21, 2021
Nigerian army chief dies in air force plane crash -sources
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's army chief Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru has died in a plane crash on Friday, three military sources told Reuters. The air force said in a statement that its plane cr...
May 21, 2021
