Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Twitter says Turkish minister’s LGBT comments about protesters “hateful conduct”
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's interior minister on Tuesday condemned protesters at a top Istanbul university as "LGBT deviants" in a statement which Twitter deemed as hateful conduct. Students and tea...
Feb 02, 2021
Explainer: Is Trump’s post-presidency impeachment trial constitutional?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The upcoming second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, focusing on a charge of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol by his followers, has p...
Feb 02, 2021
Breast cancer overtakes lung as most common cancer – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the most common form of the disease, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. "For the first time, breast cancer now constitutes the...
Feb 02, 2021
PM Suga says Japan plans to start vaccinations in mid-February
TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday that Japan planned to begin COVID-19 vaccinations in mid-February, which would be earlier than original plans to start at the end of thi...
Feb 02, 2021
Trump lawyers to file pretrial documents with U.S. Senate in preview of impeachment defense
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Tuesday to respond to the U.S. House of Representatives' impeachment charging him with inciting insurrection i...
Feb 02, 2021
‘He invited us’: Accused Capitol rioters blame Trump in novel legal defense
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Emanuel Jackson, a 20-year-old Washington area man, was caught on video using a metal bat to strike the protective shields wielded by police officers as they tried to fend off...
Feb 02, 2021
‘Oxygen, oxygen, oxygen’: Nigeria battles shortages amid COVID-19 surge
By Libby George and Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - The Lagos businesswoman recalled the "horrendous" week she spent in the COVID-19 wing of a city public hospital, where the sense of crisis was l...
Feb 02, 2021
Analysis: GameStop saga expected to revive scrutiny of hedge fund industry
By Pete Schroeder and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With hedge funds at the center of market drama for the second time in less than 12 months, the GameStop saga is likely to expedite a regulat...
Feb 02, 2021
Pistons can’t field enough players at Denver due to COVID-19 contact tracing issues
DENVER, CO (WKZO AM/FM) – The Detroit Pistons road trip was detoured yesterday after their game against the Denver Nuggets was postponed minutes before tip-off due to COVID-19 issues. According ...
Feb 02, 2021
Explainer: Biden pledged to reunite migrant families separated by Trump policies. What happens now?
By Mimi Dwyer and Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) - U.S. president Joe Biden is on Tuesday expected to announce a task force to reunify families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the administration ...
Feb 02, 2021
