Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UN rights boss welcomes Biden pledges, hopes for reversing “serious setbacks” under Trump
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's pledges to halt the separation of migrant families, address "systemic racism" and climate change are promising and could reverse setbacks during the...
Dec 09, 2020
Britain advises people with allergy history to avoid Pfizer vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergic reactions do not get Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine after two people reported adverse effects,...
Dec 09, 2020
UN rights boss urges Hong Kong to uphold due process, fair trials
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet voiced concern on Wednesday at the "rapidly shrinking" civil and democratic space in Hong Kong and urged judicial authorities to ...
Dec 09, 2020
Deutsche Bank sticks with 2022 profit target, to make deeper cost cuts
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank on Wednesday said it would cut costs further as the bank confirmed a key profitability target for 2022 that is higher than some analysts have forecast. Germany's la...
Dec 09, 2020
MSU hoops game at Virginia has been called off for tonight
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (WKZO AM/FM) – There will be no ACC/Big Ten Challenges for Michigan’s two Big Ten basketball teams. The University of Michigan’s game against North Carolina State...
Dec 09, 2020
Ethiopia volatile with fighting, ethnic profiling of Tigrayans – U.N. rights boss
GENEVA (Reuters) - The situation in Ethiopia is "worrying and volatile" as fighting in the Tigray region continues amid reports of ethnic profiling of Tigrayans including in Addis Ababa, U.N. High Com...
Dec 09, 2020
U.N. rights boss urges withdrawal of article in French draft security law
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights boss Michelle Bachelet called on Wednesday for the withdrawal of a draft law in France known as "Article 24" that would curb freedom to share images iden...
Dec 09, 2020
Two reports of allergic reactions on first day of vaccine rollout – UK medical regulator
LONDON (Reuters) - Two allergic reactions were reported on the first day of the rollout of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, the head of Britain's medicine regulator said on Wednesday. "Last evening, we we...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. House to take up one-week stopgap bill as COVID-19 talks drag on
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives votes on Wednesday on a one-week stopgap funding bill to provide more time for lawmakers to reach a deal on both COVID-19 rel...
Dec 09, 2020
‘The canary in the coal mine?’ What teacher layoffs in one city could mean for U.S. schools
By Andy Sullivan (Reuters) - Shortly before school began in September, administrators in Schenectady, New York, laid off more than 400 teachers, aides and other employees -- roughly one out of every f...
Dec 09, 2020
