Category Archives: Syndicated
Skin whitening creams remain online despite mercury findings
By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) - Skin-whitening creams identified as containing potentially dangerous levels of mercury continue to be sold online more than seven months after a watchdog group ra...
Jul 10, 2020
Pediatricians, unions push back against pressure to reopen U.S. schools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American Academy of Pediatrics, two national teachers' unions and a group representing school superintendents pushed back on Friday against pressure from the Trump administr...
Jul 10, 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell denies charges she aided Jeffrey Epstein, says she deserves bail
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, on Friday forcefully denied charges she lured underage girls so he could sex...
Jul 10, 2020
Spain’s home prices fall year-on-year for first time since 2017
MADRID (Reuters) - Prices of existing Spanish properties fell for the first time since 2017, two of the country's largest real estate portals said on Friday. Homes excluding new-builds cost 1.9% less ...
Jul 10, 2020
WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 228,000
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Friday, with the total rising by 228,102 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from the United Sta...
Jul 10, 2020
White House’s Birx urges mask use where COVID-19 rates are rising
(Reuters) - White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Deborah Birx urged the use of masks among people living in counties and metro areas where more than 5 percent of COVID-19 tests are positive,...
Jul 10, 2020
Bulgaria, Croatia take vital step on road to joining euro
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bulgaria and Croatia have been accepted into ERM-2 mechanism, a mandatory waiting room for joining the euro, kicking off the currency bloc's first expansion in half a decade, the...
Jul 10, 2020
Russian LGBT activist fined for ‘gay propaganda’ family drawings
By Maria Vasilyeva MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian LGBT activist said she was fined 75,000 roubles ($1,000) on Friday on charges of spreading "gay propaganda" among minors by publishing drawings of same-...
Jul 10, 2020
‘Batman’ to get new spinoff police TV series
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "Batman" universe is expanding, with a TV series set in Gotham City's police department that will explore corruption, streaming platform HBO Max said on Friday. HBO Max sai...
Jul 10, 2020
Cirque du Soleil and secured creditors near rival bid for troupe
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Cirque du Soleil and its secured creditors are close to reaching a agreement on a second stalking horse bid for the financially strapped entertainment group, after lenders opposed...
Jul 10, 2020
