Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Digital banking startup Greenwood raises $40 million from big banks
By Anna Irrera (Reuters) - Atlanta-based Greenwood, a digital banking startup designed for Black and Latino consumers and businesses, said on Thursday that it had raised $40 million from a host of U.S...
Mar 25, 2021
Denmark to extend suspension of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot, TV 2 reports
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will extend its suspension of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine for another three weeks, broadcaster TV 2 reported on Thursday, citing sources. Two weeks ago, Denmark was a...
Mar 25, 2021
NFL: Favre says he wanted to kill himself after quitting painkillers
(Reuters) - Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre said an addiction to painkillers led him to contemplate suicide shortly after steering his team to a Super Bowl title in 1997. Favre became...
Mar 25, 2021
Vaxcyte asks chairman Slaoui to resign after GSK harassment allegation
(Reuters) - U.S. vaccine developer Vaxcyte Inc on Thursday asked board chairman Moncef Slaoui to step down, a day after GlaxoSmithKline dismissed him as an independent probe found he had sexually hara...
Mar 25, 2021
British military jet crashes in south west England: Sky News
LONDON (Reuters) - A British military jet has crashed in Cornwall, south west England, Sky News reported on Thursday. The Royal Air Force Hawk T1 jet crashed after the crew ejected and nobody had died...
Mar 25, 2021
Governor Whitmer, as expected, vetoes part of bill that would cap Michigan emergency orders
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer has again vetoed legislation that would have put limits on the ability of the state health department to issue public health-related emergenc...
Mar 25, 2021
Two suffer life threatening injuries in Calhoun County T-bone crash
LEROY TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – A Calhoun County two vehicle crash involving a full-size van and a sedan early Wednesday afternoon injured five persons with two persons suffering life threateni...
Mar 25, 2021
Bahrain converts underused shopping mall to vaccine centre
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain has turned a mall largely emptied by the coronavirus pandemic into a vaccination hub as the Gulf state races to protect its population from COVID-19. Sitra Mall used to draw...
Mar 25, 2021
Japan complains over U.S. military’s use of term ‘East Sea’
By Sakura Murakami and Josh Smith TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military landed in hot water with Japanese officials on Thursday when a spokesman used the term "East Sea" to refer to the wedge of s...
Mar 25, 2021
Uighur Muslims protest in Turkey as Chinese foreign minister visits
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara on Thursday as Uighur Muslims protested against the treatment of their ethnic k...
Mar 25, 2021
