Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexico’s confirmed coronavirus death toll rises to 218,657
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Friday reported 3,043 new confirmed corovnavirus cases and 484 more deaths, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 2,361,874 and fatal...
May 07, 2021
European rights ruling opens way for challenges to Poland’s top court
WARSAW (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Friday that a Polish company had been denied its right to a proper hearing due to the illegal appointment of a Constitutional Court judge...
May 07, 2021
White house says Iran sanctions could only be lifted if nuclear deal conditions met
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sanctions on Iran could only be lifted if the country comes back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement, the White House said on Friday. There has been some progress ma...
May 07, 2021
One out of three Americans fully vaccinated for COVID-19, CDC says
(Reuters) - The United States has fully vaccinated 110,874,920 people for COVID-19 as of Friday morning, accounting for 33.4% of the population, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sai...
May 07, 2021
‘I am not going anywhere,’ suspended official in South Africa’s ANC says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The secretary general of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) who has been suspended by the party over corruption charges told the state broadcaster on Friday...
May 07, 2021
Union offered Exxon six-year deal with no raise first year – sources
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - United Steelworkers union negotiators bargaining for a new contract at an Exxon Mobil Texas refinery offered a six-year deal with no pay raise in the first year, peop...
May 07, 2021
Back in Brasilia, Lula lays foundations of anti-Bolsonaro coalition
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is back in the political mix, laying the groundwork in Brasilia this week to challenge far-right...
May 07, 2021
Colombia’s Duque meeting with opponents, hoping to calm deadly protests
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Ivan Duque has begun meetings with civil society groups and political opponents who want action taken on poverty and unemployment and an en...
May 07, 2021
Yellen says U.S. debt ceiling could pinch in summer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday the nation could exhaust its ability to borrow this summer even if Treasury takes "extraordinary actions" to buy more time wh...
May 07, 2021
U.S. CDC panel to vote on using Pfizer COVID-19 shot in adolescents
(Reuters) - An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will meet on Wednesday to review data on the use of Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in ado...
May 07, 2021
