Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran's Zarif to offer 'constructive' plan amid hopes of informal nuclear talks
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will soon present a "constructive" plan of action, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday, after European sources said Tehran gave positive signs about opening inf...
Mar 05, 2021
Washington officially releases QB Alex Smith
The Washington Football Team officially released Comeback Player of the Year Alex Smith on Friday, making the quarterback a free agent and saving the club nearly $15 million against the salary cap. Sm...
Mar 05, 2021
Curling: Women's world championship back on, to be held in Calgary
(Reuters) - The 2021 women's world curling championship will now be held in Canada, the World Curling Federation said on Friday after plans to hold the Olympic qualification event in Switzerland were ...
Mar 05, 2021
U.S., EU agree tariff freeze in aircraft dispute, says EU's Von der Leyen
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and the United States have agree to suspend for four months tariffs imposed in a dispute over aircraft subsidies for four months, European Commission President ...
Mar 05, 2021
Now is not time to relax pandemic efforts, says WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines should not tempt countries to relax efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic, top World Health Organization officials said on Friday, citing partic...
Mar 05, 2021
Thyssenkrupp steel unit must manage without funds from group: CEO
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp's steel unit must cut costs to reach a point where it no longer needs financial support from the group, Chief Executive Martina Merz said in an internal memo to staf...
Mar 05, 2021
German city calls on Berlin to assume any Greensill Bank losses
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German city Osnabrueck fears it will lose 14 million euros ($17 million) invested with Greensill Bank after the country's financial regulator warned this week of "an imminent ris...
Mar 05, 2021
U.S. congressmen seek bill to boost Uighur refugee status
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan pair of U.S. congressmen is writing a bill that would expedite refugee applications from Uighurs, the first such legislative effort to support immigration of the la...
Mar 05, 2021
WHO report on Wuhan, China mission due in mid-March: officials
GENEVA (Reuters) - The findings of a WHO-led mission to Wuhan, China to investigate the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are expected in mid-March, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. "...
Mar 05, 2021
U.S. Senate backs bill to clamp down on China-funded Confucius Institutes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill to tighten controls on Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses known as Confucius Institutes, the latest in a series o...
Mar 05, 2021
