(Reuters) – Two years after a conservative commentator LeBron James told “to keep quiet and dribble”, the NBA star has become an increasingly influential political force, as issues of racial rights and voter oppression come to the fore come in the November presidential election. FILE PHOTO: NBA basketball player LeBron …
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LONDON / BRUSSELS / GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization will receive a flood of promises of support for its COVID-19 vaccine plan for all next week. FILE PHOTO: An employee is seen in the Reference Center for Special Immunobiologists (CRIE) of the Federal University of Sao Paulo (Unifesp) …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is taking an aggressive step to seize enough coronavirus vaccine to inoculate its population four times, a pressure that the government hopes to instill confidence that it can host a delayed Olympic Games next year. FILE PHOTO: People in traditional costume kimonos, wearing protective masks as …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Stock markets struggled for direction on Friday as investors worried about a lack of detail in the US Federal Reserve’s policy change, while Japanese markets were awakened when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sacked for health reasons. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian in the offices of the London Stock …
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – United Airlines (UAL.O) is preparing for the biggest pilot event in its history after announcing on Thursday the need to cut 2,850 pilot jobs this year, or about 21% of the total, without further US government assistance. Airlines, which are reeling from the devastating impact of the …
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