Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Finland suspends use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland has suspended the use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine while it investigates two possible cases of blood clots, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare said on Friday....
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021
U.S. backs distance of three feet between students, which may help schools open
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday updated its COVID-19 mitigation guidance to narrow the acceptable distance between students who are wearing masks to at least three feet fro...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021
Italy to detail 32 billion euros of stimulus, extend ban on firing
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Mario Draghi's Italian government will detail some 32 billion euros ($38.05 billion) of stimulus measures on Friday to support the battered economy, ...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021
U.S. Justice Department probing Visa over debit-card practices: WSJ
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating if Visa Inc is engaging in anticompetitive practices in the debit-card market, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people fam...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021
G7 makes progress on pandemic relief for poorer nations: UK
LONDON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven industrialised nations took a step towards boosting International Monetary Fund reserves to help provide more support for developing countries to cope with the pa...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021

Governor ups stadium capacities, testing now mandatory before all high school sports activities
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer held a press conference Friday morning to provide an update on Michigan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She led by continuing to u...
Brandon James Mar 19, 2021
‘How to end a war you didn’t win’: Yemen’s Houthis seek Saudi concessions
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis say a U.S. plan for a ceasefire in their six-year war against a Saudi-led military coalition does not go far enough, and are ramping up pressure o...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021
G7 ministers backed new help for low-income countries, Japan’s Aso says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Financial leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations backed a new allocation of special drawing rights at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help low-income countries, Jap...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021
In Dominican Republic, proposal to ease abortion ban polarizes nation
By Ezequiel Abiu Lopez SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - As the abortion rights movement gains pace across Latin America, the issue is heating up in the Dominican Republic - one of the few countries in the re...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021
Italians who refuse AstraZeneca shot can wait for different vaccine: adviser
ROME (Reuters) - Italians who decline to be inoculated against COVID-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine will be given an alternative later on, the head of the health panel advising the government said on...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021

