Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. administers 202.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 202,282,923 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 258,502,815 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Apr 16, 2021
SpaceX wins U.S. contract for spacecraft to send astronauts to moon: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA has awarded Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to build a spacecraft to fly astronauts to the moon, bypassing Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc, the Wa...
Apr 16, 2021
U.S. Interior Dept revokes Trump policies, puts climate at center of decisions
(Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department on Friday sought to erase the Trump administration's pro-fossil fuels legacy from the nation's public lands by revoking a suite of policies that boosted drilli...
Apr 16, 2021
Bolsonaro critic to lead inquiry on govt handling of pandemic, sources say
By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - A vocal critic of President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to lead a congressional inquiry on the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, five so...
Apr 16, 2021
Explainer: U.S. repo market flirts with negative rates as Fed seeks to absorb excess cash
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Excess cash in the financial system has pressured overnight interest rates, in some instances pushing them negative, which, analysts said, could prompt...
Apr 16, 2021
'Simple Photoshop': how a Pakistani counterfeiter may have aided Russian trolls
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid the cascade of U.S. sanctions imposed Thursday on Russian cybersecurity companies and officials alleged to be operating on behalf of the Kremlin's intelli...
Apr 16, 2021
COVID cases in Canada's Ontario could spike to 30,000 per day by June: expert panel
TORONTO (Reuters) - New cases of COVID-19 in Canada's most populous province could rise more than six fold, topping 30,000 per day by early June if public health measures are weak and vaccination rate...
Apr 16, 2021
Analysis: No knockout, but new U.S. sanctions add to Russia's 'slow destruction'
By Marc Jones, Sujata Rao and Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - For all the insouciance with which markets treated Washington's latest sanctions on Russia, its move to target Moscow's main funding avenue ...
Apr 16, 2021
Uzbekistan seeks buyer for luxury villa of ex-leader's daughter
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan's government offered a glimpse on Friday of the lifestyle enjoyed by its former leader's children, promoting a luxury villa in 94 acres of grounds that it aims to aucti...
Apr 16, 2021
Drug companies to face first opioid trial following pandemic delays
By Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Four drugmakers, including Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, will go to trial on Monday over claims they helped fuel an opioid c...
Apr 16, 2021
