Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. extends $14 billion lifeline to airlines in third government aid package
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a new $14 billion payroll assistance package to U.S. airlines as part of a COVID-19 rel...
Mar 10, 2021
EU needs due diligence law on environment and human rights, lawmakers say
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted on a report calling on the European Commission to propose legislation forcing companies to find and fix risks to human ...
Mar 10, 2021
Hard lessons help AerCap boss Kelly rebuild air finance titan
By Tim Hepher and Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - When Irishman Aengus Kelly got his first job in aircraft leasing in 1996 it was with a firm so down on its luck the American giant General Electric...
Mar 10, 2021
Lebanon's interior minister says security forces reached 'rock bottom': local media
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's caretaker interior minister said on Wednesday the country's security forces were drained and unable to fulfil their duties as a financial meltdown and political deadlock b...
Mar 10, 2021
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko dies in Germany at 56
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, who was seen as a possible successor to President Alassane Ouattara, has died in Freiburg in southwestern Germany, two days ...
Mar 10, 2021
Pollen level in air linked to COVID-19 rates; robust vaccine responses seen during pregnancy, lactation
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Mar 10, 2021
Senate confirms Biden nominee Garland as U.S. attorney general
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to confirm Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, as the federal appellate judg...
Mar 10, 2021
NFL sets salary cap at $182.5 million, down 8% from 2020
By Barry Wilner The NFL's salary cap will be $182.5 million per team in the upcoming season, a drop of 8% from 2020. The league's loss of revenues due to the coronavirus pandemic caused the first decr...
Mar 10, 2021
U.S. encountered more than 100,000 migrants at U.S.-Mexico border in February
(Reuters) - U.S. border agents encountered 100,441 migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in February, Troy Miller, the senior official performing duties as the commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border...
Mar 10, 2021
U.S. Senate Republican leader McConnell criticizes Capitol security as overreaction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that he is "extremely uncomfortable" with the continued high level of security at the U.S. Capitol, noting that the...
Mar 10, 2021
