Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Canada’s Trudeau urges unified front against China detentions, says all nations vulnerable
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged nations around the world to maintain a unified front against Chinese detentions of foreign citizens, saying every cou...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S.-China trade war has cost up to 245,000 U.S. jobs: business group study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China has caused a peak loss of 245,000 U.S. jobs, but a gradual scaling back of tariffs on both sides would boost growth and lead t...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S. teenager charged in Wisconsin shootings denies white supremacist ties
(Reuters) - A lawyer for Kyle Rittenhouse, the U.S. teenager charged with fatally shooting two protesters during protests in Wisconsin over the summer, on Thursday denied allegations by prosecutors th...
Jan 14, 2021
