Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France, others set to increase pressure on Lebanon's politicians, diplomat says
PARIS (Reuters) - France and its international partners will seek to increase pressure on Lebanon's politicians in the coming months, a French diplomat said on Wednesday, although he did not envisage ...
Mar 17, 2021
Britain's health minister rebuffs EU criticism on AstraZeneca vaccine exports
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has a legal right to AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, which it helped to fund and develop, health minister Matt Hancock on Wednesday, in a sharp rebuke to criticism from the ...
Mar 17, 2021
Former altar boy alleges abuser wanted sex in St. Peter's at Vatican trial
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The alleged victim of sexual abuse in a youth seminary in the Vatican said in court on Wednesday that his abuser wanted to have sex in a bathroom behind an altar in St. Peter'...
Mar 17, 2021
COVID-19 has caused rich-poor split in sovereign rating cuts, study shows
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - New research has compared how the three main credit ratings agencies S&P Global, Moody's and Fitch have reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their sovereign do...
Mar 17, 2021
U.S. subpoenas Chinese communications firms in search of national security risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday that it has served subpoenas on multiple Chinese companies that provide information and communications technology services in the ...
Mar 17, 2021
Lebanon President Aoun asks PM designate Hariri to form gov't or leave
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese president Michel Aoun called on prime minister-desginate Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday to visit the presidential palace to form a new cabinet immediately or else make way for...
Mar 17, 2021
U.S. administers 113 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines - CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 113,037,627 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 147,590,615 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Mar 17, 2021
Zimbabwe parliament expels six lawmakers as opposition infighting escalates
HARARE (Reuters) - Six Zimbabwean lawmakers, including ex-finance minister Tendai Biti, were expelled from parliament on Wednesday after being recalled by a faction of their party as the fight to cont...
Mar 17, 2021
French court postpones Sarkozy campaign financing trial to May 20
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court on Wednesday postponed the illegal campaign financing trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to May 20 after a co-accused told the judges his defense lawyer ...
Mar 17, 2021
Lennar to spin-off some non-core units, form a rental housing venture
(Reuters) - Lennar Corp said on Wednesday it plans to spin-off all or parts of its non-core businesses to become a pure-play homebuilder and financial services company, while also creating a joint ven...
Mar 17, 2021
