Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Governor Whitmer praises President-elect Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Whitmer released a statement after President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 emergency relief plan in an address to the nation Thursday even...
Jan 15, 2021
Fiji wins presidency of U.N. rights body after vote unblocks leadership impasse
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Fiji, the favourite of Western nations, won the presidency of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday, beating Bahrain and Uzbekistan in a secret ballot that resolved ...
Jan 15, 2021
Dutch government resigns over childcare subsidies scandal
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte collectively resigned on Friday over its mismanagement of childcare subsidies, national broadcaster NOS reported. Rutte was to i...
Jan 15, 2021
Russia announces exit from Open Skies treaty citing U.S. withdrawal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia announced on Friday it was pulling out of the Open Skies treaty, saying that the pact, which allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, had been seriously com...
Jan 15, 2021
Hong Kong civil servants given four weeks to pledge loyalty to the government
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's 180,000 civil servants were told on Friday they had four weeks to sign a document pledging their loyalty to the Chinese-ruled city's mini-constitution and dedication ...
Jan 15, 2021
Azerbaijan to begin vaccinations next week, to use Chinese shot: govt
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Azerbaijan will begin vaccinating its population against COVID-19 next week using a vaccine developed by China, government spokesman Ibrahim Mammadov said. He did not disclose which...
Jan 15, 2021
Erdogan hopes for positive steps on F-35 jet programme in Biden term
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he hoped positive steps will be taken on Turkey's role in the F-35 jet programme once U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office, describing...
Jan 15, 2021
Biden taps former deputy CIA director David Cohen for spy agency again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Friday continued to fill out top roles for his administration, naming former Deputy CIA Director David Cohen to reprise his role at the U.S. in...
Jan 15, 2021
Family of Lockerbie bomber lose posthumous appeal against his conviction
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only person found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing which killed 270, have failed to overturn his convic...
Jan 15, 2021
British maestro Rattle seeking German citizenship after Brexit
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Star conductor Simon Rattle, who this week announced he was cutting short his tenure at Britain's leading orchestra to return to Germany, said on Friday he had app...
Jan 15, 2021
