Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Massachusetts sues Publicis over ties to Purdue Pharma, opioids
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Massachusetts sued a unit of French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA on Thursday, accusing it of fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic by using unfair and deceptive ma...
May 6, 2021
U.S. listing ban on Luokung lifted after judge’s decision
By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nasdaq Inc has withdrawn a decision to delist the shares of Luokung Technology Corp, the Chinese mapping technology company said on Thursday, after a U.S. judg...
May 6, 2021
Morocco recalls its ambassador to Berlin over Western Sahara
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco recalled its ambassador to Berlin for consultations on Thursday in protest at what it described as Germany's "destructive attitude" towards Rabat's position on the Western Sa...
May 6, 2021
Global COVID-19 death toll more than double official estimates – IHME
(Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly 6.9 million deaths across the world, more than double the number officially recorded, a new analysis from the University of Washington's Institute f...
May 6, 2021
Football HOF starts mental health program for players
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has created an avenue to help current and former players and their families with mental and behavioral health issues. Called Hall of Fame Behavioral Health, the program's...
May 6, 2021
Fed’s Mester says policy will remain accommodative for some time
(Reuters) - The economic outlook is brightening but more improvements are needed before the Federal Reserve will start to scale back monetary support, Cleveland Fed Bank President Loretta Mester said ...
May 6, 2021
Factbox: Groups that Russia has declared extremist
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court is considering a prosecutor's request to outlaw jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation and regional campaign headquarters as "extremist". ...
May 6, 2021
Huge new ‘Oracle’ greets Rockefeller Center visitors in New York
(Reuters) - A massive new bronze sculpture welcomes visitors to Rockefeller Center in the New York landmark's first campus-wide show by a single artist. The 25-foot (7.6 m) tall black "Oracle" with a ...
May 6, 2021
Minnesota, Virginia join U.S. states easing COVID-19 restrictions
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - The governors of two more U.S. states said on Thursday they were lifting most restrictions that were put in place to combat the spread of the coronavirus after sharp dr...
May 6, 2021
Street parties, confusion loom as Spain prepares to exit emergency state
By Nathan Allen and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - Police in Catalonia were preparing for hordes of pandemic-weary revellers to hit the streets when a national state of emergency expires on Sunday, wh...
May 6, 2021
