Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Top U.N. officials urge U.S. to revoke blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthis, warn of famine
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three top United Nations officials all called on the United States on Thursday to revoke its decision to designate Yemen's Houthis a foreign terrorist organiza...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S. charges MIT professor with failing to disclose Chinese ties when seeking grants
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A mechanical engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was arrested on U.S. charges that he failed to disclose his ties to the Chinese gover...
Jan 14, 2021
U.N. food chief warns U.S. designation of Houthis a ‘death sentence’ for innocent Yemenis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. food chief David Beasley on Thursday called for the United States to reverse its decision to designate Yemen's Houthis a foreign terrorist organization and called "the Gulf s...
Jan 14, 2021
Some vaccinated Russians offered laxer COVID-19 curbs, life without masks
By Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Some Russian regions are proposing to relax COVID-19 restrictions such as mandatory mask-wearing and other incentives for Russians who receive the homegrown vac...
Jan 14, 2021
American Airlines to offer COVID-19 vaccines to employees at hub airports, director says
CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines plans to offer COVID-19 vaccines to its employees at medical clinics at its hub airports once they are available, with inoculation for Chicago-based employees pos...
Jan 14, 2021
Bahrain says Qatar freed bodybuilding champ detained while fishing
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar has released a bodybuilding champion and two other Bahrainis who had been detained during fishing trips, Bahrain's Interior Ministry said on Thursday. Manama on Sunday demanded...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S. appeals court rules two murderers with COVID-19 can be executed in Trump’s final week
By Jonathan Allen TERRE HAUTE, Indiana (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ordered that the last two scheduled federal executions under President Donald Trump's outgoing administration could proceed on T...
Jan 14, 2021
IMF urges continued strong fiscal, monetary support given uncertainty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is urging countries to continue strong fiscal and monetary efforts to support their economies given what it sees as a 'great deal of uncertainty'...
Jan 14, 2021
No jab, no job? UK plumbing firm exploring vaccine rules for staff
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - A firm of London plumbers is looking at changing its employment contracts to include a requirement for workers to have a COVID-19 vaccine, its founder said on Thu...
Jan 14, 2021
Man who threw fire extinguisher at police in U.S. Capitol is arrested
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man who allegedly threw a fire extinguisher at police during the riots at the U.S. Capitol has been arrested, a U.S. Justice Department spokeswo...
Jan 14, 2021
