Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: EU agrees to sanction two companies close to Myanmar military, diplomats say
By Robin Emmott and John Irish BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions on another 10 individuals linked to the Feb. 1 coup in Myanmar and to target two businesses ...
Apr 15, 2021
Mali to hold elections next February following post-coup transition
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali will hold legislative and presidential elections on Feb. 27, 2022 to restore a democratic government following last year's military coup, the transitional administration said o...
Apr 15, 2021
New Zealand to donate vaccines for 800,000 to COVAX vaccine facility: Ardern
GENEVA (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday that it would donate COVID-19 vaccine for 800,000 people via the COVAX dose-sharing facility that aims to protect hea...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S. House committee approves blueprint for Big Tech crackdown
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has formally approved a report accusing Big Tech companies of buying or crushing smaller firms, Representati...
Apr 15, 2021
Battered rouble seeks to recover after U.S. sanctions Russia's new sovereign debt
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian rouble tumbled on Thursday, at one point losing 2% to the dollar in volatile trade and hitting a more than five-month low versus the euro as the Whit...
Apr 15, 2021
TuSimple to demo self-driving trucks in fourth quarter: source
By Nick Carey (Reuters) - TuSimple Holdings Inc will demonstrate its self-driving truck technology using semi-trucks without human drivers in the fourth quarter of this year in Arizona as it continues...
Apr 15, 2021
Congress poised for battle over reparations for Black Americans
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have advanced a bill that could pave the way to reparations for Black Americans as part of a broader effort to ad...
Apr 15, 2021
France will have vaccinated 12 million people against COVID-19 on Thursday: PM
PARIS (Reuters) - France will have vaccinated 12 million people with a first shot of the vaccine by Thursday evening, said French Prime Minister Jean Castex. Castex was speaking after he visited a vac...
Apr 15, 2021
Italy hikes 2021 budget deficit to 11.8% of GDP: source
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has hiked its target for this year's budget deficit to 11.8% of gross domestic product from an 8.8% projection made in January, a government source told Reuters. The new target ...
Apr 15, 2021
AstraZeneca ceo says committed to supply COVAX, calls for open borders
GENEVA (Reuters) - The ceo of Astrazeneca Pascal Soriot said on Thursday that although the Anglo-Swedish company had hit "bumps on the road" it had been able to deliver large quantities of COVID-19 va...
Apr 15, 2021
