Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Morocco recalls its ambassador to Berlin over Western Sahara
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco recalled its ambassador to Berlin for consultations on Thursday in protest at what it described as Germany's "destructive attitude" towards Rabat's position on the Western Sa...
May 06, 2021
Global COVID-19 death toll more than double official estimates – IHME
(Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly 6.9 million deaths across the world, more than double the number officially recorded, a new analysis from the University of Washington's Institute f...
May 06, 2021
Football HOF starts mental health program for players
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has created an avenue to help current and former players and their families with mental and behavioral health issues. Called Hall of Fame Behavioral Health, the program's...
May 06, 2021
Fed’s Mester says policy will remain accommodative for some time
(Reuters) - The economic outlook is brightening but more improvements are needed before the Federal Reserve will start to scale back monetary support, Cleveland Fed Bank President Loretta Mester said ...
May 06, 2021
Factbox: Groups that Russia has declared extremist
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court is considering a prosecutor's request to outlaw jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation and regional campaign headquarters as "extremist". ...
May 06, 2021
Huge new ‘Oracle’ greets Rockefeller Center visitors in New York
(Reuters) - A massive new bronze sculpture welcomes visitors to Rockefeller Center in the New York landmark's first campus-wide show by a single artist. The 25-foot (7.6 m) tall black "Oracle" with a ...
May 06, 2021
Minnesota, Virginia join U.S. states easing COVID-19 restrictions
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - The governors of two more U.S. states said on Thursday they were lifting most restrictions that were put in place to combat the spread of the coronavirus after sharp dr...
May 06, 2021
Street parties, confusion loom as Spain prepares to exit emergency state
By Nathan Allen and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - Police in Catalonia were preparing for hordes of pandemic-weary revellers to hit the streets when a national state of emergency expires on Sunday, wh...
May 06, 2021
Odor from Limetree Bay refinery shuts U.S. Caribbean schools twice in a month
(Reuters) - The Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix is releasing "light hydrocarbon odors" due to maintenance being conducted on its coker unit, which resulted in the dismissal of students from nearby ...
May 06, 2021
UK navy vessels to return to port from Jersey
LONDON (Reuters) - Two British Royal Navy vessels located off the British Channel island of Jersey will prepare to return to port in the United Kingdom after French fishing boats left the area followi...
May 06, 2021
