Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Omicron sub-variant makes up 23.1% of COVID variants in U.S. - CDC
(Reuters) - The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron was estimated to be 23.1% of the coronavirus variants circulating in the United States as of March 12, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (...
Mar 15, 2022
Nordic skier-turned-musher wins 50th running of Alaska's Iditarod race
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Brent Sass, a 42-year-old former college Nordic skier, glided into Nome early on Tuesday morning to win Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in the 50th ...
Mar 15, 2022
Volatility exchange traded note soars after Barclays suspends share issuance
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of a volatility-tracking exchange-traded note (ETN) soared to a near 10-month high on Tuesday, a day after British bank Barclays said it had suspended ...
Mar 15, 2022
Analysis-With Raskin on thin ice, Biden may pick a moderate for Fed regulatory job
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination to become the Federal Reserve's regulation chief in jeopardy, the White House may be forced to opt for a new moderate cand...
Mar 15, 2022
Bomb blast kills four Pakistani paramilitary soldiers, says official
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast hit a paramilitary convoy on Tuesday in southwest Pakistan, killing four soldiers and wounding 10 others, a government official said. A separ...
Mar 15, 2022
Chief Paris attacks suspect tells court he killed no one -reporter
PARIS (Reuters) - Salah Abdeslam, believed to be the sole surviving member of the Islamist squad that struck Paris in November 2015, told a court on Tuesday that he did not know of the attack plot fro...
Mar 15, 2022
ConsenSys valuation more than doubles to over $7 billion after latest funding
(Reuters) - Blockchain technology firm ConsenSys said on Tuesday its valuation had more than doubled to over $7 billion after its latest funding round that included investments from SoftBank Vision Fu...
Mar 15, 2022
Factbox-Who will get the Fed regulation job? Here are some contenders
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination to become the top bank regulator at the Federal Reserve was in peril after Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said on Monday he wou...
Mar 15, 2022
Ancient sarcophagus found under Notre Dame cathedral in Paris
By Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) - Archaeologists have found an ancient lead sarcophagus under Notre-Dame cathedral along with fragments of a rood screen, offering a new insight into the history of th...
Mar 15, 2022
U.S. imposes sanctions on Russians over human rights violations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Russians it accused of gross human rights violations and slapped fresh measures on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, incr...
Mar 15, 2022
