Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden to pitch stimulus bill in Wisconsin, U.S. state hard hit by pandemic
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Wisconsin on Tuesday to press his case for a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in the political battleground state that he...
Feb 16, 2021
TikTok’s U.S. ad business roars back as Trump’s threats recede
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Accused by the Trump administration of being a front for the Chinese government, TikTok's ad business looked bleak last July. Big brands backed off on spending even as TikTo...
Feb 16, 2021
‘Hard to bring tears out:’ Stunned by pandemic, some Americans struggle to grieve
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fiana Tulip lost her mother to COVID-19 on the Fourth of July. Like so many others, she was not able to see her or say goodbye. For Tulip, 41, that was the only b...
Feb 16, 2021
150 years of spills: Philadelphia refinery cleanup highlights toxic legacy of fossil fuels
By Laila Kearney and Valerie Volcovici PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a recent morning from a sprawling...
Feb 16, 2021
Toyota to suspend output from nine factories in Japan due to quake
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday it will temporarily suspend vehicle production on 14 lines at nine group factories in Japan due to an earthquake that hit Japan's northeast last wee...
Feb 16, 2021
Students in Delhi protest against environmentalist’s detention
By Sanjeev Miglani and Danish Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Students chanted slogans outside the Delhi police headquarters on Tuesday demanding the release of a 22-year-old environmentalist accused o...
Feb 16, 2021
Alpine skiing: Vlhova and Gut-Behrami out of women’s parallel
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - Slovakia's World Cup overall leader Petra Vlhova failed to qualify for the women's parallel event on Tuesday, a day after winning silver in the Combined at the Alp...
Feb 16, 2021
Court orders Dutch government to scrap coronavirus curfew
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch court ordered the government on Tuesday to immediately scrap the night-time curfew imposed to fight the coronavirus, ruling that it lacks proper legal basis. The court or...
Feb 16, 2021
Turkey investigates Dutch politician Wilders over Erdogan comments
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation on Tuesday into remarks about President Tayyip Erdogan by Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, Turkish state media reported. Wilders c...
Feb 16, 2021
Marcos son loses election challenge in Philippine Supreme Court
MANILA (Reuters) - The son of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has lost a bid to unseat the Southeast Asian country's vice president after the Supreme Court threw out his petition contest...
Feb 16, 2021
