Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mozambique militants beheading children as young as 11, Save the Children says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Children as young as 11 are being beheaded in Mozambique, UK-based aid group Save the Children said on Tuesday, as part of an Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands and...
Mar 16, 2021
Britain, Norway in post-Brexit fisheries deal with EU
By Terje Solsvik and Tim Barsoe OSLO/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Norway, Britain and the European Union have reached a trilateral deal on catch limits for jointly managed North Sea fish stocks following th...
Mar 16, 2021
EU regulators team up with U.S. and UK on pharmaceutical mergers
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust enforcers have teamed up with their U.S. and British counterparts to share expertise on how to examine mergers in the pharmaceutical industry amid con...
Mar 16, 2021
U.S. business inventories rise moderately in January as sales surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories rose moderately in January amid a sharp rebound in consumer spending at the start of the year, and it is now taking businesses the shortest time in nea...
Mar 16, 2021
Housing finance giant Freddie Mac names Mark Grier interim CEO
(Reuters) - Housing finance company Freddie Mac on Tuesday named board member Mark Grier as its interim chief executive officer to succeed David Brickman, who resigned in November. Grier joined Freddi...
Mar 16, 2021
GameStop leads meme stocks lower, on track for sharp weekly drop
(Reuters) - Shares of GameStop Corp slid further in early trade on Tuesday, continuing a slump that has seen the videogame retailer's stock shed a third of its value so far this week. The company's sh...
Mar 16, 2021
Mexico expects U.S. response to AstraZeneca request on Friday
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States should respond by Friday to Mexico's request to share doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine it has in stock, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said. Reuters r...
Mar 16, 2021
Austria’s Kurz and allies seek ‘correction’ on EU vaccine distribution
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Tuesday he and allies from eastern Europe were pushing for the European Union to adjust the way it distributes COVID-19 vaccines after com...
Mar 16, 2021
Food assistance for 350,000 Michigan families due to COVID-19 extended
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Approximately 350,000 Michigan families will continue to have access to additional food assistance benefits during March as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mi...
Mar 16, 2021
Israel’s Arabs stage flash mob to highlight fatal shootings in their community
By Sinan Abu Mayzer and Rami Ayyub UMM AL-FAHM, Israel (Reuters) - At Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Circle, buzzing on a Saturday afternoon, around a dozen young people suddenly began to collapse slowly and th...
Mar 16, 2021
