Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Norway bins most pandemic curbs
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will scrap most of its remaining COVID-19 lockdown measures with immediate effect as an ongoing spike in coronavirus cases is unlikely to jeopardise health services, the prime ...
Feb 01, 2022
EU to propose green investment label for gas and nuclear energy, source says
By Kate Abnett and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is set to propose rules on Wednesday to allow some gas and nuclear power plants to be labelled as green investments, with...
Feb 01, 2022
Republican U.S. lawmakers funnel money to colleagues who crossed Trump
By Jason Lange and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - Republican U.S. lawmakers donated more than $380,000 last year to the campaigns of eight colleagues who Donald Trump is trying to drive from office, prio...
Feb 01, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court contender Jackson backs unions in first ruling
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A judge seen as a leading contender to be nominated by President Joe Biden to the U.S. Supreme Court penned her first ruling as an appeals court judge on Tuesday, striki...
Feb 01, 2022
Putin says he hopes dialogue on Ukraine will continue
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he hoped dialogue on Ukraine would continue in order to avoid "negative scenarios" including war. At a news conference, Putin raised...
Feb 01, 2022
U.S. judge approves direct election of UAW officers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers (UAW) will directly elect officers after members voted in a referendum that was required as part of a 2020 Justice Department settlement to resolve a cor...
Feb 01, 2022
Turkey logs more than 100,000 new covid-19 cases in last 24 hours - health ministry
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has recorded 102,601 new COVID-19 cases in the space of 24 hours, surpassing the 100,000 mark for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, health ministry data sho...
Feb 01, 2022
Lionel Richie cancels European tour shows due to COVID
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. singer Lionel Richie said on Tuesday he was cancelling his upcoming European summer tour concerts due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19. "As Covid and its variants continue to ...
Feb 01, 2022
Drug distributors, J&J to pay $590 million to settle U.S. tribes' opioid claims
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The three largest U.S. drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay $590 million to resolve claims by Native American tribes that the companies fuel...
Feb 01, 2022
Self-driving tech firm Cruise to raise $1.35 billion from SoftBank as it readies robotaxis
(Reuters) - Self-driving tech firm Cruise on Tuesday said investor SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund has agreed to invest an additional $1.35 billion through a second tranche, as it is working to laun...
Feb 01, 2022
