Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indian rescuers use ships, planes in search for 26 missing after cyclone
By Nupur Anand and Aishwarya Nair MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's army and navy deployed ships and aircraft as they searched for 26 people still missing more than three days after a powerful cyclone sank a...
May 20, 2021
Drugmakers to make big low-cost vaccine push to poor nations – EU official
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Drugmakers are to announce on Friday they will provide large new supplies of at-cost COVID-19 vaccines to poor nations this year to try to redress the global imbalance, a European ...
May 20, 2021
U.N. chief Guterres calls Gaza ‘hell on earth’ for children
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday described Gaza as "hell on earth" for children, appealing to Israel for rapid and unhindered aid acce...
May 20, 2021
Austrian hospital amputates wrong leg of elderly patient
VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian hospital amputated the wrong leg of a patient, it said on Thursday, blaming human error for what it called a "tragic mistake". The elderly patient is suffering from many...
May 20, 2021
Time to restart, says global travel industry at pared-down Madrid tourism fair
By Nathan Allen MADRID (Reuters) - Representatives from 55 countries gathered at Madrid's FITUR tourism congress this week to promote themselves as safe destinations and kickstart a recovery in global...
May 20, 2021
Buccaneers yet to re-sign Antonio Brown, awaiting physical
Head coach Bruce Arians reiterated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are planning to bring Antonio Brown back for a second season pending his physical. The exam was delayed by Brown's recent knee surgery, Aria...
May 20, 2021
U.S. Treasury says can shrink $7 trillion ‘tax gap’ by 10% over next decade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday said its plans to invest in new Internal Revenue Service tax compliance efforts will shrink by about 10% the "tax gap" now estimated at ...
May 20, 2021
Putin threatens to ‘knock out the teeth’ of foreign aggressors
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow would "knock out the teeth" of any power that tried to take a chunk of Russia's territory. The Russian leader, in televised rem...
May 20, 2021
NFT enthusiasts hold firm despite crypto price plunge
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - This week's cryptocurrency price plunge eroded the dollar-based value of NFTs and raised the cost of buying and selling them, in what could be a setback for th...
May 20, 2021
Iowa joins U.S. states forbidding COVID-19 mask mandates in schools
(Reuters) - Iowa joined a handful of other U.S. states on Thursday in passing a law that forbids cities, counties and local school districts from requiring people to wear face masks that protect again...
May 20, 2021
