Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘This really hit home’: California Chinatown crime wave prompts actors to offer reward
By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) - A crime wave in Oakland, California's Chinatown has rankled the community heading into the Lunar New Year, prompting celebrities to offer a reward to fight anti-Asian ha...
Feb 11, 2021
Bitcoin donations surge to jailed Kremlin critic Navalny’s cause – data
By Anton Zverev and Catherine Belton MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's movement has received bitcoin donations worth nearly $300,000 this year, outstripping the total amount it...
Feb 11, 2021
68.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines delivered, 46.4 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 46,390,270 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and delivered 68,285,575 doses. The...
Feb 11, 2021
France reaches 2.135 million first injections of coronavirus vaccine
PARIS (Reuters) - The French Health Ministry said on Thursday that 2.135 million people had received a first injection of the COVID-19 vaccine since the start of the vaccination campaign, while 535,77...
Feb 11, 2021
CBO projects 2021 U.S. deficit at $2.26 trillion, excluding Biden stimulus plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday estimated that the U.S. federal budget deficit would shrink to $2.258 trillion in fiscal 2021 from $3.132 trillion in fiscal 2020, bu...
Feb 11, 2021
Brazil to vaccinate entire population for COVID-19 in 2021, health minister says
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Thursday that the country would vaccinate its entire population against COVID-19 in 2021, predicting that half would be immunized...
Feb 11, 2021
Ford CEO calls for settlement between LG Chem, SK Innovation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ford Motor Chief Executive Jim Farley on Thursday publicly encouraged South Korea's chemicals and electric vehicle (EV) battery maker LG Chem Ltd and SK Innovation Co Ltd to rea...
Feb 11, 2021
U.S. court clears way for extradition to Japan of Ghosn’s accused escape plotters
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to further delay the extradition to Japan of two men charged with helping former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn ...
Feb 11, 2021
Twitter to add more labels identifying world leader and government accounts
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Thursday it will next week add labels to identify more state-affiliated accounts, including world leaders' personal accounts, to give users more ...
Feb 11, 2021
Turkey says its troops will stay in Libya as long as military deal active, govt. requests it
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish troops stationed in Libya will remain there as long as a bilateral military agreement between Ankara and Tripoli is active and Libya's government requests it, presidential s...
Feb 11, 2021
