Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase less than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, likely boosted by brutal winter storms in the densely populated South in mid-February, though...
Mar 04, 2021
Delta to spend $30 million to neutralize most of its 2020 climate impact
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines said on Thursday it would spend more than $30 million to offset 13 million metric tons of carbon emissions over 10 months last year as part of its pledge to help combat cli...
Mar 04, 2021
Indonesian aims to vaccinate 40 million people by June, president says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia plans to inject one million people per day with coronavirus vaccine and inoculate 40 million people by June as part of a mass vaccination drive that started in January, P...
Mar 04, 2021
South American World Cup qualifiers in doubt as clubs take hard line
By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - This month's World Cup qualifiers in South America are in serious doubt, with European clubs unlikely to release their players to travel amid concern ove...
Mar 04, 2021
Sweden recommends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for over 65s: Health Agency
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has extended its recommendation for the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to cover people aged over 65, its Health Agency said on Thursday. Sweden had previously held of...
Mar 04, 2021
Biden says he will sign election reform bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will sign a sweeping election reform bill after it is refined and passed by Congress, he said on Thursday, a day after it passed the U.S. House of Representa...
Mar 04, 2021
Sudan to start vaccine rollout next week after getting COVAX doses
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will begin vaccinating health care workers followed by people aged 45 or older with chronic conditions for free next week after becoming the first country in the Middle East...
Mar 04, 2021
Kroger forecasts full-year sales below estimates
(Reuters) - Kroger Co forecast annual same-store sales below analysts' estimates on Thursday, signaling a bigger-than-expected slowdown following a pandemic-fueled rush for groceries that boosted its ...
Mar 04, 2021
EU Parliament declines to fix EU-UK trade deal vote in protest
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament declined on Thursday to set a date for its vote on the EU-UK trade deal in protest at what the European Union sees as Britain's unilateral changes to North...
Mar 04, 2021
Slovakia moves first patients abroad to help hospitals
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia has transferred its first coronavirus patients abroad, to Poland, as the central-European country's hospitals filled with COVID patients amid a resurgent pandemic. Slovakia...
Mar 04, 2021
