Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pogacar seals Tirreno-Adriatico victory
(Reuters) - Tadej Pogacar wrapped up overall victory in the Tirreno-Adriatico week-long race by holding off Belgian Wout van Aert in the final individual time trial on Tuesday. The Tour de France cham...
Mar 16, 2021
Ex-officer on trial for George Floyd’s death asks to show jury an earlier arrest
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Almost exactly a year before George Floyd was killed in a deadly arrest by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020, he found himself in another encounter with police in w...
Mar 16, 2021
Developers to pay lower fees to Google’s app store for first $1 million in revenue
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Tuesday that it was cutting the service fee that app developers pay to Google Play app store to 15% for the first $1 million in revenue they earn every year, ...
Mar 16, 2021
U.S. film maker Spike Lee to head Cannes festival jury
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. director Spike Lee has been named president of the jury for the 2021 Cannes Film Festival after last year's event, which Lee was set to chair, was cancelled due to the coronavir...
Mar 16, 2021
Employers with large on-site workforce can set up COVID-19 vaccine clinics: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - U.S. employers with a large workforce and locations that have enough space to maintain social distancing can consider setting up temporary vaccination clinics at the workplace, the Centers...
Mar 16, 2021
Britain to expand nuclear warhead stockpile by over 40% as global threats rise
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will grow its nuclear warhead stockpile by more than 40% to ensure its security in a more risky global environment and as it faces new technological threats, Prime Minister ...
Mar 16, 2021
Brazil economy creates record number of formal jobs in January
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's economy created more than a quarter of a million formal jobs in January, official figures showed on Tuesday, the strongest growth for that month since c...
Mar 16, 2021
Morocco’s vaccination drive bypasses undocumented migrants
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco is further ahead with its COVID-19 vaccination programme than any other African country, but undocumented migrants are not a part of its plans, potentiall...
Mar 16, 2021
Court in Bremen opens insolvency proceedings for Greensill Bank: statement
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A district court in Bremen said on Tuesday that it had opened insolvency proceedings for Greensill Bank. Germany's financial regulator had submitted a filing on Monday to the cou...
Mar 16, 2021
Dutch coronavirus infections jumped 24% last week: health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands increased by 24% in the week through Tuesday, the biggest weekly jump since mid-December, Dutch health authorities sai...
Mar 16, 2021
