Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fire extinguished on oil tanker off Syria after suspected drone attack
CAIRO (Reuters) -Syria's oil ministry said on Saturday that firefighting teams extinguished a fire on an oil tanker off the oil terminal of Baniyas after a suspected drone attack from the direction of...
Apr 24, 2021
Bitcoin falls 1.8 percent to $50,270
(Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped 1.77% to $50,269.9 on Saturday, losing $906.75 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 22.5% from the year's high of $6...
Apr 24, 2021
Rapper DMX memorial service to be livestreamed from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by his stage name DMX or Dark Man X, will be mourned by fans around the world in a livestreamed event from Brooklyn's Barclays C...
Apr 24, 2021
India in talks with Guyana for long-term crude supply -minister
By Neil Marks and Nidhi Verma GEORGETOWN/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, the world's third-largest crude consumer and importer, has approached Guyana's government about a possible long-term deal to buy t...
Apr 24, 2021
Biden says 1915 massacres of Armenians constitute genocide
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a historic declaration that is set to infu...
Apr 24, 2021
Venezuela gets 80,000 more Sputnik V vaccine doses as COVID-19 cases surge
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela received a new shipment of some 80,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, officials said on Saturday, as COVID-19 cases surged and opposition lawmakers crit...
Apr 24, 2021
Anti-lockdown protesters defy restrictions in central London march
LONDON (Reuters) - Several thousand anti-lockdown demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday despite restrictions on mass gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was billed by...
Apr 24, 2021
Budapest residents drink spritzer by the Danube as COVID rules ease
By Marton Dunai and Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Budapest residents and a few tourists flocked to cafes lining the River Danube on Saturday for a drink outside in the sun, after the government...
Apr 24, 2021
U.S. Vice President Harris to speak with Mexican president on tree-planting proposal
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will speak with Mexico's president on May 7 about his proposal to expand a tree-planting program to Central America as way to reduce poverty a...
Apr 24, 2021
Italy reports 322 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, 13,817 new cases
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 322 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 342 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 13,817 from 14,761. It...
Apr 24, 2021
