Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. and UK agree to suspend tariffs and seek aircraft row resolution
(Reuters) - Britain and the United States on Thursday agreed a four-month suspension of retaliatory tariffs imposed on goods like Scotch whisky over a long running aircraft subsidy row, saying they wo...
Mar 04, 2021
Israel's Netanyahu bets all on vaccine success to secure election win
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Heading into Israel's fourth election in two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping the success of his government's COVID-19 vaccination programme w...
Mar 04, 2021
Rio de Janeiro announces curfew as Brazil battles brutal COVID wave
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's second biggest city of Rio de Janeiro will be the latest to adopt new COVID-related restrictions on Friday, including a night curfew, in a bid to slow a deadly seco...
Mar 04, 2021
Armenian opposition says talks with PM over snap election unsuccessful: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Talks between the Armenian opposition and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to hold a snap parliamentary election have failed so far, the Interfax news agency cited an opposition parli...
Mar 04, 2021
WHO: bilateral COVID-19 vaccine deals not good for COVAX
(Reuters) - Countries should not agree bilateral deals that undermine the international COVAX COVID-19 vaccine procurement facility, but they also have a responsibility to vaccinate frontline workers ...
Mar 04, 2021
Analysis: Pandemic spurs Canada to offer path to citizenship to more temporary residents
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's recent move to offer permanent residency to more foreigners living and working in the country is a short-term solution to the economic problems spur...
Mar 04, 2021
EU to extend COVID vaccine export controls to end of June: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is planning to extend its export authorisation scheme for COVID-19 vaccines to the end of June, two EU sources told Reuters on Thursday, in a move that could re...
Mar 04, 2021
British Airways prepares for travel restart with testing kit plan
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways has struck a deal with a COVID-19 testing kit provider as airlines prepare for the desperately-needed restart of summer travel, which is likely to include tests for ...
Mar 04, 2021
EU says no talks under way to buy Russia's COVID-19 vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday that there were no talks under way to buy Russia's COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccine. "Currently no talks are ongoing to integrate the Sputnik va...
Mar 04, 2021
Pushed out by pandemic, women struggle to regain footing in U.S. job market
By Jonnelle Marte and Aleksandra Michalska (Reuters) - Katy McAvoy hoped she would have more time for her job search after her 5-year-old daughter started in-person kindergarten in mid-November after ...
Mar 04, 2021
