Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Northern Ireland parties reach deal to extend COVID-19 restrictions
BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's power-sharing government on Thursday agreed to extend COVID-19 restrictions for between one and two weeks, falling short of stricter measures demanded by Irish n...
Nov 12, 2020
U.S. starts fiscal 2021 with 111% jump in October deficit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government started the 2021 fiscal year with an October budget deficit of $284 billion, a record for the month, as coronavirus-related outlays spiked sharply from a yea...
Nov 12, 2020
Exclusive: Trump administration readies crackdown on U.S. investments in Chinese firms - sources
By Humeyra Pamuk, Alexandra Alper and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is finalizing an executive order to prohibit U.S. investments in Chinese firms that Washington says are...
Nov 12, 2020
Macron hails chance to 'make our planet great again' after Biden win
By Matthew Green and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday welcomed the prospect of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden rejoining the Paris climate accord, sa...
Nov 12, 2020
Post-pandemic Canada must set sights higher to boost growth: BoC's Wilkins
OTTAWA (Reuters) - After the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada will need to focus on creating sustainable growth that does not leave people behind in order to make higher levels of debt more manageable, a sen...
Nov 12, 2020
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official tells associates he expects to be fired: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs has told associates he expects to be fired by the White House, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Krebs, who ...
Nov 12, 2020
France's new COVID-19 cases slow but hospitalisations at a record
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities on Thursday reported 33,172 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, slightly down versus Wednesday's 35,879 and much lower than Saturday's record of...
Nov 12, 2020
Police deploy after shots fired in Swiss town of Biel -paper
ZURICH (Reuters) - Police in the Swiss town of Biel deployed after reports of shots being fired, the Blick newspaper reported on Thursday. It cited a witness as saying five shots were fired and two me...
Nov 12, 2020
Coronavirus cases proliferate in more than a dozen U.S. states
By Maria Caspani and Anurag Maan (Reuters) - More than a dozen U.S. states have doubled their COVID-19 case loads in the last 14 days compared with the previous two-week period, as the pandemic spread...
Nov 12, 2020
Fed Chair Powell says next months could be 'challenging'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rising likelihood of an effective coronavirus vaccine is good news for the economy in coming months, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday, but near-term risks remain as ...
Nov 12, 2020
