Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Dogecoin watch out! "Shiba inu" token muscles into cryptocurrency top 10
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Dogecoin, watch out! Meme-based cryptocurrency shiba inu soared more than 45% over the last 24 hours, muscling its way into the top ten largest digital tokens by marke...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2021
Russia wants forests, nuclear and hydro treated as green at COP26
By Olesya Astakhova and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will press for its forests, nuclear plants and hydro-electric power to be recognised as green projects at the COP26 climate summit htt...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2021
Paid family leave appears to be out of Biden spending plan -Hoyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Paid family leave appears to be out of the agreement on President Joe Biden's spending plan, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Thursday. "Well, it appears to be but ... I...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2021
Beijing city mandates COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for some workers
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing city is demanding a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for some key workers, making it the first key Chinese metropolis to publicly articulate a booster mandate, as the country ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2021
Scientists urge Congo donors to oppose lifting of logging moratorium
By Aaron Ross DAKAR (Reuters) - More than two dozen scientists on Thursday urged donors to Democratic Republic of Congo's forests sector to consider suspending financing if the country's government go...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2021
Only 5 African countries may fully vaccinate 40% of population by year-end - WHO Africa
By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - Only five African countries will meet the target of fully vaccinating 40% of their populations against COVID-19 unless the pace of inoculations accelerates acros...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2021
Exclusive: EU suspends funding to WHO programmes in Congo after sex scandal
By Stephanie Nebehay and Francesco Guarascio GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Commission has suspended funding to the World Health Organization's programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to c...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2021
UK has no plans to scrap COVID red travel list, PM's spokesman says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has no plans to scrap a travel red list country system that requires arrivals to stay in a hotel to quarantine, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2021
Mastercard's third-quarter profit soars 60% on spending recovery
(Reuters) -Mastercard Inc reported a nearly 60% rise in third-quarter profit on Thursday, spurred by an improvement in domestic spending and a healthy recovery in cross-border spending. The payments g...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2021
UK complies with EU trade deal, Johnson's spokesman says
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is fully in compliance with the rules of its post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, and wants further talks with French and EU officials over why a UK trawler has be...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2021
