Author Archives: Syndicated Content
White House meets with airline CEOs on COVID-19 travel issues
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of major U.S. airlines, including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, met virtually with the White House's COVID-...
Feb 12, 2021
Warsaw filmgoers, skiers rejoice as restrictions lift
WARSAW (Reuters) - For Krzysztof Bielecki, Friday was a day at the movies, as he took full advantage of a loosening of coronavirus restrictions in Poland that has let him enjoy his favourite hobby onc...
Feb 12, 2021
U.S. Army Corps attorneys withdraw from Dakota Access Pipeline case
By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said two federal attorneys representing it in an ongoing legal battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline are withdrawing from the case, a...
Feb 12, 2021
Busiest U.S. seaport in California starts giving COVID vaccinations
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - About 800 workers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday will be in the first wave of COVID-19 vaccinations for employees at the United States...
Feb 12, 2021
Italy's Draghi to meet president, looks set to form government
ROME (Reuters) - President Sergio Mattarella will receive Mario Draghi at 7 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Friday, his office said, in a sign that the former European Central Bank chief was ready to form a govern...
Feb 12, 2021
Fed's Kaplan says labor market still far from maximum employment
(Reuters) - The U.S. economy is still in the "teeth" of the pandemic, the labor market is far from full employment, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said Friday. While the distribut...
Feb 12, 2021
Texans agree to release DE J.J. Watt
The Houston Texans are parting with All-Pro defensive end J.J. after he asked for his release. The team announced the decision on Friday after Watt posted a video on social media. "I have sat down wit...
Feb 12, 2021
Twins Maurkice and Mike Pouncey retire from NFL
Twins Maurkice Pouncey and Mike Pouncey are retiring from the NFL. The announcement was made on Friday by Ramon Foster, a former Pittsburgh Steelers teammate of Maurkice Pouncey. "It's my honor that m...
Feb 12, 2021
Yellen urges G7 to "go big" on stimulus, says U.S. committed to multilateralism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday urged G7 finance leaders to "go big" with additional fiscal stimulus and told them that the Biden administration was committed to ...
Feb 12, 2021
Colombia armed groups turn forcibly recruited children into 'war machines': government
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Illegal armed groups in Colombia are using forcibly recruited children and adolescents as "war machines" and sexual slaves amid ongoing internal conflict in the...
Feb 12, 2021
