Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain to start rolling out Pfizer COVID pill next month
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will start rolling out Pfizer's COVID-19 pill to vulnerable people next month, the health ministry said on Friday, targeting the treatment at people with compromised immune ...
Jan 28, 2022
U.S. labor costs increase solidly in the fourth quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. labor costs increased strongly in the fourth quarter, pointing to a rapidly tightening jobs market and supporting the Federal Reserve's shift towards raising interest rates...
Jan 28, 2022
Oil workers race to protect beaches from spill off Thai coast
By Athit Perawongmetha BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of workers set up oil barriers along beach fronts in Thailand's eastern Rayong province on Friday as authorities raced to limit the environmental da...
Jan 28, 2022
W. African bloc ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso after military coup - sources
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - West Africa's main regional bloc on Friday suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies in response to this week's military coup and decided to send a delegation to the cap...
Jan 28, 2022
Peru court bars four Repsol execs from leaving the country in wake of oil spill
LIMA (Reuters) - A Peruvian judge on Friday barred four executives from Spanish energy firm Repsol SA from leaving the country for 18 months, as prosecutors investigate the cause of an oil spill invol...
Jan 28, 2022
In Italy, COVID wards filled with unvaccinated elderly people as Omicron swept nation
By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - As the Omicron variant swept Italy late last year, it was unvaccinated elderly people and those who had not had a booster dose four or more months after their initia...
Jan 28, 2022
US EPA finalizes rule extending refinery compliance deadline for biofuel laws
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced it had finalized a rule that would give oil refiners more time to comply with biofuel blending manda...
Jan 28, 2022
U.S. consumer spending falls in December; inflation increases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending fell in December, suggesting the economy lost speed heading into the new year amid snarled supply chains and raging COVID-19 infections, while annual infl...
Jan 28, 2022
Italy fails to elect new president at fifth ballot -Reuters count
ROME (Reuters) - A fifth round of voting for Italy's new president failed to produce a winner on Friday, according to a Reuters calculation of the ongoing count. Centre-right parties had tried to push...
Jan 28, 2022
Apple shares hold up to tech rout on strong results, metaverse tease
By Akash Sriram and Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) - Apple Inc shares rose nearly 3% on Friday after the iPhone maker reported blockbuster results and teased its metaverse ambitions, holding out against a r...
Jan 28, 2022
