Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Argentina’s vice president pushes for delay to IMF debt deal until pandemic has eased: FT
(Reuters) - Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner and her allies want to delay a $44 billion debt deal with the International Monetary Fund until the COVID-19 pandemic has eased, th...
Feb 14, 2021
Sudan accuses Ethiopian forces of crossing border, escalating tension
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Ethiopian forces crossed the border into Sudanese territory in an act of "aggression", Sudan's foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday. "Ethiopia's trespass into Sudanese l...
Feb 14, 2021
Czech government agrees last-minute COVID-19 lockdown deal
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government reached a last-minute deal with regional governors on Sunday to call a new state of emergency for 14 days and avert a chaotic end to coronavirus lockdown measur...
Feb 14, 2021
Brazil confirms UK variant in two coronavirus patients
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil has confirmed two cases of the UK variant in the state of Gois after sequencing test samples taken on Dec. 31, according to the state's health department. In a statement o...
Feb 14, 2021
Box Office: ‘The Croods 2’ Tops ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - DreamWorks Animation's "The Croods: A New Age" topped an anemic domestic box office, grossing just over $2 million in its twelfth week of release. The family ...
Feb 14, 2021
Activist investor Artisan Partners to meet Danone board members next week
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. investment company Artisan Partners, which is putting pressure on France's Danone to shake up its management amid criticism over weak returns, will meet several of its board mem...
Feb 14, 2021
Patrick Mahomes early favorite to win 2021 NFL MVP award
The dust has barely settled from Super Bowl LV and all eyes have turned back to Patrick Mahomes. Despite seeing his Kansas City Chiefs come up short in the big game last week, Mahomes has been install...
Feb 14, 2021
Italy gets green superministry as Draghi eyes EU funds
By Stephen Jewkes MILAN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Draghi has put climate change at the heart of his plans to run Italy by creating a superministry to ensure a transition to green energy drives ...
Feb 14, 2021
New York police question person of interest in deadly subway knife attacks
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police were questioning a person of interest in the spate of subway stabbing attacks that left two people dead, authorities said on Sunday. "A person of interest is ...
Feb 14, 2021
Lebanon’s Hariri sees no way out of crisis without Arab support
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister designate Saad al-Hariri on Sunday said that his country could not be rescued from its current crisis without the support of Arab countries and the internati...
Feb 14, 2021
