Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Virgin Orbit among new operators for Brazil’s Alcântara spaceport
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Billionaire Richard Branson's modified Boeing 747 may soon be taking off from Brazil's northern coast to launch rockets into orbit as the South American country seeks a piece of t...
May 06, 2021
UK records 2,613 COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded a further 2,613 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, and 13 deaths, official data showed on Thursday. The daily case number was up on the 2,144 reported on Wedne...
May 06, 2021
‘Tractor Boys’ go pop with Ed Sheeran sponsorship
(Reuters) - English football club Ipswich Town may have fallen on hard times but they are hoping a new shirt sponsorship deal with singer Ed Sheeran will make them the "A Team" with the ginger-haired ...
May 06, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. remittance processor Remitly hires advisers for IPO – sources
By David French and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Remitly Inc has hired investment banks to prepare for an initial public offering (IPO) in New York this year that could value the U.S. remittance payments p...
May 06, 2021
UK regulator says some evidence AstraZeneca clots occur more in women than men
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's medicine regulator on Thursday said there was some evidence that uncommon blood clots linked to AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine occurred more in women than in men, adding t...
May 06, 2021
Fed’s Kaplan wants taper talk ‘sooner rather than later’
(Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan on Thursday said he wants the central bank to start talking about reducing policy accommodation "sooner rather than later," saying the e...
May 06, 2021
Delhi’s popular autorickshaws become COVID-19 ambulances
By Adnan Abidi NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It's not the most conventional way to get to hospital, but with Delhi running short of ambulances, authorities have turned some of the city's ubiquitous three-whee...
May 06, 2021
Biden officials make recommendations for protecting 30% of U.S. land, water
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Biden administration officials on Thursday took their first step toward carrying out the president's campaign pledge to conserve 30% of U.S. land and water ...
May 06, 2021
Defiant but cornered: Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny’s movement is on the ropes
By Andrew Osborn, Anton Zverev and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - He has been poisoned, jailed and his close aides are either being prosecuted or have fled abroad. His anti-Kremlin opposition moveme...
May 06, 2021
A Minute With: David Oyelowo and ‘The Water Man’ cast
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - British-Nigerian actor David Oyelowo makes his feature film directorial debut with "The Water Man", a family drama about a young boy who heads off in search of a ...
May 06, 2021
