Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran resumes fuel exports to Afghanistan after Taliban request, union says
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) -Iran restarted exports of gasoline and gasoil to Afghanistan a few days ago, following a request from the Taliban, Iran's Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products...
Aug 23, 2021
Britain still wants to fly thousands of people from Afghanistan– PM's spokesperson
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain still wants to fly out thousands of people out from Afghanistan and has not set a hard deadline for when evacuations will end, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesperson sa...
Aug 23, 2021
Volvo Cars to idle Gothenburg plant again over chip shortage
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Volvo Cars, owned by China's Geely Holding, will halt production at its Swedish plant in Torslanda, on the outskirts of Gothenburg, during next week due to the shortage of semico...
Aug 23, 2021
Branson's Virgin Orbit to go public through $3.2 billion SPAC merger
(Reuters) -Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is going public through a merger with a blank-check vehicle in a deal that values it at $3.2 billion and includes an investment from Boeing Co, it...
Aug 23, 2021
UK orders 35 million more Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccines
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has agreed to buy 35 million more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, to be delivered from the second half of next year, as part of its preparations for booster s...
Aug 23, 2021
Adelaide to Hollywood via Edinburgh in a day: Fringe theatre goes global
By Barbara Lewis and Sarah Mills (Reuters) - A new digital theatre platform developed to keep audiences engaged during lockdown is being used by performers to take their shows to festivals far from ho...
Aug 23, 2021
U.S. military evacuated more than 10,000 people from Kabul on Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military flew approximately 10,400 people out of Kabul over 24 hours on Sunday, and 61 coalition planes helped evacuate approximately 5,900, a White House official said...
Aug 23, 2021
Fed chief Powell's record 'mixed,' think tank says
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - A think tank highly critical of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's record on banking regulation released an assessment of his four-year tenure on Monday that is by turns s...
Aug 23, 2021
AB Volvo buys Chinese vehicles business for about SEK 1.1 billion
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish truck maker AB Volvo said on Monday it had struck a deal to by Chinese JMC Heavy Duty Vehicle Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangling Motors Co. Ltd, for about 1.1 billion Sw...
Aug 23, 2021
U.S. House Democrats face test of unity on Biden spending plans
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats face a test of unity in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday as they begin work on two ambitious spending plans that would devote trillions of...
Aug 23, 2021
