Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Global airline body IATA plans COVID travel pass for end of March
LONDON (Reuters) - Global airline industry body IATA said it would launch a COVID-19 travel pass at the end of March, bringing into use a digital system for test results and vaccine certificates which...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
EU Commission proposes lower wholesale roaming price caps
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed further cuts to wholesale roaming tariffs paid by telecoms operators to their counterparts, plus a 10-year extension ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
Amnesty International revokes Kremlin critic Navalny's 'prisoner of conscience' status
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Amnesty International no longer considers jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a "prisoner of conscience" due to past comments he made that qualify as advocacy of hatred, the group ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
Mexican inflation quickens less than expected in early February
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican consumer price inflation accelerated by less than forecast in the first two weeks of February, data from the national statistics agency showed on Wednesday. Mexican ann...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
China rejects growing Western criticism at U.N. rights forum
GENEVA (Reuters) - China hit back on Wednesday at growing criticism by Western powers of its human rights record in the regions of Xinjiang and Tibet, as well as in the former British colony of Hong K...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
Norwegian Air and Airbus agree terms to end jet deliveries, court is told
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Norwegian Air and jet maker Airbus have agreed on terms to repudiate the carrier's contract for new aircraft, lawyers representing the two firms told Ireland's High Court on Wednesd...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
Economic pain from pandemic upends the lives of restaurant owners, entertainers
By Vanessa Johnston FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (Reuters) - The reality has not yet sunk in for Pepe Diaz that the beloved deli he ran with his brother for more than 30 years is permanently shut. "The camarad...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
CVS Health to administer COVID-19 vaccines in six more states
(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp said on Wednesday it will administer COVID-19 vaccines in six additional states, making about 570,000 doses available across a total of 17 states from Feb. 25. The U.S. dru...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
MicroStrategy spends $1.03 billion more on bitcoin
(Reuters) - MicroStrategy Inc on Wednesday said it bought about 19,452 more bitcoin worth around $1.03 billion cash at an average price of about $52,765 each. (Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Beng...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
Turkish court convicts executive, two jet pilots in Ghosn escape trial
By Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court convicted an executive of Turkish jet company MNG and two pilots over their role in flying former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 24, 2021
