Author Archives: Syndicated Content
First Digital goes live as Israel's first new bank since 1978
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - First Digital Bank, the first new bank in Israel since 1978, started operations on Sunday on a trial basis, and said it planned to open to the public later in 2021. The bank, whi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 14, 2021
Kuwait Emir departs for Europe after completing medical checks in the U.S.: state news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah traveled on Sunday to Europe for a private visi, after a sucessful medical exam in the United States, state news agency KUNA reported wit...
Thomson Reuters Mar 14, 2021
Former Italian PM Letta takes helm of fractious Democrats
ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta urged the Democratic Party (PD) to end infighting and come together before the next national election as he took up the leadership of the tr...
Thomson Reuters Mar 14, 2021
Fauci hopes Trump will tell his supporters to get COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said on Sunday he hopes former President Donald Trump will urge his supporters to get the COVID-19 vaccine and emphasi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 14, 2021
Volkswagen to cut up to 5,000 jobs, Handelsblatt newspaper reports
BERLIN (Reuters) - Carmaker Volkswagen plans to cut up to 5,000 jobs in Germany by offering early or partial retirement to older employees in a move that could cost 500 million euros ($598 million), t...
Thomson Reuters Mar 14, 2021
Survivors of Equatorial Guinea blasts recall trauma
BATA, Equatorial Guinea (Reuters) - Jesus Nguema Nguema spent 12 desperate hours waiting for news of his family after a series of explosions on March 7 in Equatorial Guinea's city of Bata destroyed hi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 14, 2021
Armed men attack another Nigerian school, as 39 students still missing
By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Armed men attempted to kidnap more students in Nigeria's Kaduna state overnight on Sunday, a state government official said, as 39 others from an earlier ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 14, 2021
Lagging vaccination rate puts Canadian factories at competitive disadvantage
By Allison Lampert and Julie Gordon (Reuters) - Canadian automation company Promation had been banking on a weaker currency to help it win a new U.S. contract, but a slower pace of vaccinations in Can...
Thomson Reuters Mar 14, 2021
Pope says 10th anniversary of Syrian civil war must spur peace efforts
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called the Syrian civil war one of the worst humanitarian crises of current times on Sunday, saying its 10th anniversary should spur all to seek "a sliver of hope...
Thomson Reuters Mar 14, 2021
Olympics: Japan to limit size of foreign delegations at Games - report
(Reuters) - Japan is considering limiting the number of people who will be allowed to accompany foreign ministers and leaders for the delayed Tokyo Olympics due to health concerns amid the COVID-19 pa...
Thomson Reuters Mar 14, 2021
