Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Broker IG pulls some of its riskier products after GameStop frenzy
(Reuters) - London-listed trading platform IG said on Monday it would withdraw a number of its riskier equities products after a frenzy of stock market bets by small U.S. investors earlier this year t...
Feb 22, 2021
UK gives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 17.7 million people
LONDON (Reuters) - A total of 17.7 million people have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, official data released on Monday showed. Britain also reported a further 10,641 cases and 178 de...
Feb 22, 2021
A day that will live in infamy: U.S. nears 500,000th COVID-19 death
By Maria Caspani and Anurag Maan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States on Monday closed in on the staggering milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths just over a year to the day since the coronavirus pan...
Feb 22, 2021
Greece investigates reports theatre director accused of rape taught refugee children
By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) - A prosecutor has ordered an investigation into reports that migrant children were taught acting classes by the former artistic director of Greece's National Thea...
Feb 22, 2021
After a week of controversy, Chatfield resigns as CEO of SW Michigan First
KALAMAZOO, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) — Former Michigan Speaker of the House, Lee Chatfield, who left office in January for a job as CEO with the economic development agency Southwest Michigan First, has r...
Feb 22, 2021
Germany mulls vaccinating thousands of officials with AstraZeneca: Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is considering deploying the armed forces to give thousands of government officials the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, Der Spiegel reported, after many essential workers r...
Feb 22, 2021
Alphabet in talks with Spanish publishers to bring Google News back, sources say
By Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is negotiating individual licensing deals with a divided Spanish news industry that could allow the U.S. tech giant's news service to resume in the ...
Feb 22, 2021
MDOT says I-69 project work will resume in Eaton County next Monday
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced that work on a four-year Rebuilding Michigan project on 25 miles of I-69 in Calhoun and Eaton counties will con...
Feb 22, 2021
Biden should make releases of Iranian-Americans precondition of deals with Iran: family
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The family of an Iranian-American father and son on Monday called on the Biden administration to make their releases a precondition of any deals it makes with Iran. The father, ...
Feb 22, 2021
China rejects genocide charge in Xinjiang, says door open to U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - China on Monday rejected "slanderous attacks" about conditions for Muslim Uighurs and other minorities living in its Xinjiang region, saying that they enjoyed freedom of religion an...
Feb 22, 2021
