Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s Didi Chuxing to take 3.1% of passenger ride fees as profit
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, which is backed by SoftBank, Alibaba and Tencent, said on Friday that 3.1% of passenger fees for rides will go towards its profit last year...
May 7, 2021
Amnesty: Yemen’s Houthis must release model fearing ‘virginity testing’
DUBAI (Reuters) - Amnesty International said on Friday Yemen's Houthi authorities must halt plans for forced virginity testing and release an actor and model the human rights group says has been detai...
May 7, 2021
Italy reports 207 coronavirus deaths on Friday, 10,554 new cases
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 207 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday against 258 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 10,554 from 11,807. Ital...
May 7, 2021
Mexico president says U.S. finances anti-corruption ‘coup plotters’ group
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has sent a diplomatic note asking the United States to suspend funding for an anti-corruption group critical of the government, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sai...
May 7, 2021
Amnesty International apologizes to Russia’s Navalny, restores ‘prisoner of conscience’ status
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Amnesty International on Friday apologized to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for stripping him of its "prisoner of conscience" status and said it would rest...
May 7, 2021
CDC reviewing higher COVID-19 death toll from independent group, considering revising official count – Walensky
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reviewing an estimate of global COVID-19 deaths from the University of Washington that is more than double the official count t...
May 7, 2021
Anti-president Somali soldiers begin returning to barracks
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Hundreds of Somali forces who back the opposition began returning to their barracks on Friday after reaching an agreement with the prime minister following clashes over the tenur...
May 7, 2021
Calhoun household hazardous waste collection set for May 22
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – Calhoun County residents are being invited by local government officials to take part in a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday, May 22, from 9:00 a.m. unt...
May 7, 2021
Fed’s super-easy policy likely to stick after weak jobs report
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 266,000 jobs that U.S. firms added in April were "nowhere near" what was expected, a Federal Reserve official said Friday, adding little to the "substant...
May 7, 2021
WHO gives emergency approval to Sinopharm, first Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China's state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm for emergency use on Friday, a boost to Beijing's push for...
May 7, 2021
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