Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Former Michigan gymnastics coach commits suicide ahead of his dozens of assault charges
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A former Olympics gymnastic coach from Michigan who was set to stand trial on 24 criminal charges related to sexual assault was found dead from suicide Thursday. Michi...
Feb 26, 2021
COVID-19 prevalence in England falls further with one in 145 people infected
LONDON (Reuters) - The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England has fallen again, with 1 in 145 people infected in the week ending Feb 19, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday. That i...
Feb 26, 2021
U.S. to buy at least 100,000 doses of Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody therapy
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co said on Friday the U.S. government has agreed to buy at least 100,000 doses of its newly authorized COVID-19 dual antibody cocktail for $210 million, with doses ...
Feb 26, 2021
U.N. human rights boss urges Saudi Arabia to allow free speech, assembly
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, in rare public comments on Saudi Arabia, said on Friday that people were unlawfully held in the kingdom and urged it to uphold f...
Feb 26, 2021
Hungary may have to tighten lockdown as COVID cases jump, PM says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary may have to tighten lockdown curbs as coronavirus infections are expected to rise "drastically" in the next two weeks, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday, as the d...
Feb 26, 2021
Bachelet urges U.S. To find alternatives to mass detention of migrants
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations rights boss Michelle Bachelet on Friday welcomed moves by the Biden administration to combat systemic racism and end the family separation policy for migrants, but ca...
Feb 26, 2021
U.N. rights chief decries violations in China’s Xinjiang, hopes for visit
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Friday that China is restricting basic civil and political freedoms in the name of national security and COVID-19 measure...
Feb 26, 2021
Tom Holland goes through transformation in opioid crisis movie ‘Cherry’
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Tom Holland, best known for playing Spider-Man, went through a physical transformation to play a drug addict war veteran suffering from PTSD in the ne...
Feb 26, 2021
French city Nice’s ‘Promenade des Anglais’ beachfront to close due to COVID restrictions
PARIS (Reuters) - The famed Promenade des Anglais beachside walkway of the French Mediterranean city of Nice will close as part of weekend lockdown measures imposed to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Ni...
Feb 26, 2021
After hellish voyage, pariah cattleship checked by Spanish veterinarians
By Marco Trujillo and Nathan Allen CARTAGENA, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish government veterinarians were on Friday inspecting hundreds of cows crammed aboard a ship that returned to port after months at ...
Feb 26, 2021
