Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden's Secretary of State nominee makes first visit to State Department
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visited the State Department for the first time on Thursday, taking part in his firs...
Dec 17, 2020
Factbox: Moderna's mRNA coronavirus vaccine
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine appeared set to receive regulatory authorization by the end of the week, after U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff endorsed it as safe and effective in d...
Dec 17, 2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase files with regulators to go public
(Reuters) - Coinbase Global Inc has confidentially applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, the company said on Thursday, making it the first major U.S. cryptocurrency ex...
Dec 17, 2020
Second COVID-19 wave hits West & Central Africa as weather cools
By Paul Lorgerie and Edward McAllister BAMAKO/DAKAR (Reuters) - A second wave of coronavirus infections is hitting West and Central Africa, and experts are warning it could be worse than the first as ...
Dec 17, 2020
Suspected Russian hacking spree extended beyond SolarWinds users
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week and tentatively attributed to the Russian government extended beyond users of pervasive netw...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden picks U.S. Representative Deb Haaland to be Interior Secretary: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-Elect Joe Biden will nominate Representative Deb Haaland to serve as his Interior Secretary, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Haaland, a Democratic congresswoman...
Dec 17, 2020
Coca-Cola to cut 2,200 jobs- WSJ
(Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co is cutting 2,200 jobs globally, including 1,200 in the United States, as part of its restructuring efforts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The cuts represent ro...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden vows to punish those behind hack against U.S. government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden said Thursday that a recently uncovered far-reaching cybersecurity breach against the U.S. government was a matter of "great concern" and vowed sw...
Dec 17, 2020
Factbox: Reaction to court upholding and halving Russia's doping ban
(Reuters) - A Swiss court on Thursday upheld doping sanctions against Russia, preventing the country's athletes from competing at major international events - including the Tokyo Olympics next year an...
Dec 17, 2020
U.S. EXIM board changes rules to help boost U.S. competitiveness vs. China
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Export-Import Bank of the United States said its board voted on Thursday to lower the domestic content threshold required for projects it backs from 85% to ...
Dec 17, 2020
