Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Raiders owner Davis buying WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces
(Reuters) - Raiders owner Mark Davis on Thursday said he was poised to purchase the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces from MGM Resorts International, expanding his sports footprint in the city. Davis moved the NF...
Jan 14, 2021
American teachers grapple with patchy COVID-19 vaccine rollout
By Maria Caspani and Brendan O'Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) - For New York City high school teacher Rebecca Crawford, receiving the coronavirus vaccine meant taking the first concrete step towards seeing ...
Jan 14, 2021
Airbnb CEO says travel never going back to the way it was before pandemic
By Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) - Airbnb Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky on Thursday predicted travel would permanently change due to the pandemic with people seeking out thousands of smaller cities ...
Jan 14, 2021
Olympics: Surfers ride out pandemic in paradise ahead of Games debut
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Athletes around the world have searched for ways and places to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for the Tokyo Olympics but surfers Brisa Hennessy and Michel Bour...
Jan 14, 2021
Bitcoin surge helps lift Grayscale assets to record $20 billion in 2020
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Grayscale, the world's largest digital currency manager, said on Thursday its assets under management surged more than 900% to $20.2 billion at the end of last year, lifted by rec...
Jan 14, 2021
UK set to step up coronavirus vaccinations: FT
(Reuters) - Britain is set to step up coronavirus vaccinations with 500,000 doses a day by next week, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing a Scottish government document. Britain will have...
Jan 14, 2021
Senior U.S. Justice officials pushed family separations, watchdog finds
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - Senior leadership at the U.S. Department of Justice, including former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, knew that a 2018 policy that called for prosecutions of all migrants who...
Jan 14, 2021
Forty-six civilians feared killed in eastern Congo attack, official says
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Forty-six civilians are reported to have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior provincial officia...
Jan 14, 2021
Large bitcoin payment made to far-right individuals before U.S. Capitol attack: report
(Reuters) - Payments in bitcoin worth more than $500,000 were made to 22 different virtual wallets, most of them belonging to far-right activists and internet personalities, before the storming of the...
Jan 14, 2021
Five killed in Algeria bomb explosion
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Five people died and three others were wounded when a homemade bomb exploded in eastern Algeria on Thursday, the defense ministry said. The victims were on board a vehicle when the...
Jan 14, 2021
