Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK urges more global cooperation on COVID to ‘sow seeds of recovery’
LONDON (Reuters) - There needs to be more global cooperation in response to the coronavirus pandemic and a push to ease the debt burden on the world's least wealthy nations to allow for recovery, Brit...
Oct 13, 2020
Asian equities set to slip as vaccine trials, stimulus talks stall
By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - Asian equities were set to slip on Wednesday as halted COVID-19 vaccine trials and an elusive U.S. stimulus agreement weighed on investor sentiment, while the dollar rose...
Oct 13, 2020
World Bank board approves $12 billion for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments in developing countries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank said its executive board approved on Tuesday $12 billion in new funding for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, te...
Oct 13, 2020
Northern Ireland set for new restrictions as COVID-19 hits Belfast hospitals
By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's devolved government is set to impose tougher COVID-19 restrictions, First Minister Arlene Foster said after a rapid spread of cases led to the...
Oct 13, 2020
North Korea’s Kim pledges thousands of new homes in storm recovery effort: state media
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to help typhoon-hit areas recover and to build at least 25,000 houses over the next five years, state media said on Wednesday. ...
Oct 13, 2020
Three suspects charged in alleged Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot denied bond
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Tuesday, WWMT reported that three of the suspects charged in the alleged plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer were denied bond in Federal court. The suspects in qu...
Oct 13, 2020
Netflix stops offering free trials to U.S. viewers
(Reuters) - Netflix , the world's largest streaming service, said on Tuesday it has stopped offering free trials in the United States. "We're looking at different marketing promotions in the U.S. to a...
Oct 13, 2020
Australian regulator to not take action against Afterpay after audit
(Reuters) - Afterpay Ltd said on Wednesday that Australia's financial crime watchdog will not take further action against the buy-now-pay-later firm after considering an external auditor report that f...
Oct 13, 2020
State officials concerned about rising COVID cases as fall begins
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — As the fall and flu seasons begin, the number of positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Michigan have recently trended upward, prompting a call from public he...
Oct 13, 2020
Britain’s Meghan says she doesn’t do social media for ‘self-preservation’
(Reuters) - Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex, said on Tuesday she has no social media accounts "for her own self-preservation" and has no idea what is being said about her online. Meghan, who with ...
Oct 13, 2020
