Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Central African Republic President Touadara vows to tackle armed groups
By Judicael Yongo BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera was sworn in for a second five-year term on Tuesday, vowing to eliminate armed groups and attract inve...
Mar 30, 2021
U.S. Treasury's Yellen says with aid, Hispanic firms can lead recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that she believes Hispanic entrepreneurs can help lead the United States out of crisis if longstanding barriers to their acc...
Mar 30, 2021
Apple launches its contactless payment service in South Africa
By Akhona Matshoba JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Apple Inc. introduced its contactless payment service in South Africa on Tuesday, as the global tech giant looks to cash in on the mobile payments boom in t...
Mar 30, 2021
Georgia sued for third time over voting restrictions as Delta, Coke face boycott calls
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Civil rights groups intensified their legal fight against Georgia's new voting restrictions with a third federal lawsuit, while Atlanta-based corporations Delta Air Lines Inc ...
Mar 30, 2021
Supreme Court case could change the nature of college sports
By Jessica Gresko WASHINGTON - A Supreme Court case being argued this week amid March Madness could erode the difference between elite college athletes and professional sports stars. If the former col...
Mar 30, 2021
Cisco unveils gear to cope with pandemic demand, 5G
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc on Tuesday announced new products to help mobile network operators manage increased data traffic generated by homeworking because of the pandemic and as the 5G ...
Mar 30, 2021
More than 30.5 million Britons have received first COVID-19 vaccine dose
LONDON (Reuters) - A total of 30,680,948 Britons have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to official data which also showed a further 56 deaths within 28 days of a positive test ...
Mar 30, 2021
WHO mission leader says felt 'political pressure,' but not to alter report
GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) - The leader of a WHO mission to China this year to find the origins of the new coronavirus said on Tuesday the team felt political pressure, including from outside China, but ...
Mar 30, 2021
Pfizer to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to Canada: PM Trudeau
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc has moved forward the delivery of 5 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to Canada to June from later in the summer, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesd...
Mar 30, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. investigations into cartels paralyzed by standoff with Mexico
By John Shiffman, Brad Heath and Diego Or WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. efforts to battle powerful drug cartels from inside Mexico have ground to a halt since January as strained relations between the t...
Mar 30, 2021
