Author Archives: Syndicated Content

By Brendan O'Brien and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Virginia are expected to vote on Friday to make it the first Southern state to abolish the death penalty, a significant sign of the wanin...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A petition calling for action against Yoshiro Mori, head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee who caused an uproar with sexist comments, gathered tens of thousands of signature...

(Reuters) - Shares of GameStop and other companies caught in the recent social media-hyped trading frenzy rose on Friday, after online broker Robinhood lifted all the buying curbs imposed at the heigh...

By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany on Friday ducked an appeal by Taiwan for its help to supply COVID-19 vaccines, as the Asian tech powerhouse's request for assistance following Berlin's p...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' trade deficit surged to its highest level in 12 years in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the flow of goods and services. The Commerce Department said ...

(Reuters) - Kenyan distance runner James Kibet has been handed a four-year ban for anti-doping violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. Kibet was provisionally suspended after hi...

By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - If vaccine supplies are confirmed, seven million Italians could be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of March, the government's special commissioner Domen...

(Reuters) - The United States Air Force is investigating an intruder at Joint Base Andrews, the military facility in Maryland that is home to Air Force One, the aircraft that flies the president. "An ...

By Ali Kucukgocmen and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish student Azelya Celik works late into the night typing up notes on molecular biology before grabbing a few hours sleep and heading into ...

By David Kirton WUHAN, China (Reuters) - A member of the World Health Organization-led team visiting the central Chinese city of Wuhan said he has been surprised by the complexity of getting to the or...