Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Consensus reached for year-end talks on pandemic treaty - South Africa
GENEVA (Reuters) - South Africa said on Tuesday that consensus has been reached to hold a special session of the World Health Organization's (WHO) decision-making body from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 to consid...
May 25, 2021
U.S. Treasury domestic finance nominee pledges to ensure resilient debt market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration's nominee to head domestic finance operations at the U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday it is critical to ensure that the Treasury debt market operates well ...
May 25, 2021
Poland dangles lottery jackpot to boost COVID vaccination drive
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will launch a lottery with prizes of as much as 1 million zlotys ($273,000) to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the minister in charge of the immunisation...
May 25, 2021
Baseball-Peanuts and the crack of the bat: Pro sports ramp up COVID vaccination drive
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - For Debra Wiest, a 53-year-old teacher and lifelong New York Mets fan, the choice to get her COVID-19 vaccine at the club's Citi Field was simple: She feels safe th...
May 25, 2021
Russian court fines Google additional 2 million rbls -TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday fined U.S. technology giant Google an additional 2 million roubles ($27,270) over failure to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the TASS news agency rep...
May 25, 2021
Fed's Evans says easy monetary policy has his 'full' support
(Reuters) - The recent rise in U.S. inflation is unlikely to lead to the kind of undesirably high inflation that some notable economists have warned about, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Ch...
May 25, 2021
Iran official upbeat over nuclear talks, top delegate cautious
DUBAi (Reuters) - Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Tuesday he was optimistic over Tehran reaching an agreement soon at talks with world powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, although Ir...
May 25, 2021
As Gaza truce holds, Palestinians treat wounded animals
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian animal welfare groups are tending to street dogs and cats wounded during the 11-day conflict between Hamas militants and Israel, which saw Gaza hit by...
May 25, 2021
Cycling-Germany pulls out of European championships, wants Minsk event moved
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany have pulled out of next month's European track championships to be held in Minsk and have asked for an "alternative solution" because of the situation in Belarus, the countr...
May 25, 2021
Delta says must remove Aeromexico codes if U.S. downgrades Mexico air safety rating
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines will be forced to remove its codes on partner Aeromexico flights following an expected downgrade of Mexico's aviation safety rating by the U.S. government, an executive sai...
May 25, 2021
