Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. says still concerns about Yemen trade despite U.S. allowing Houthi deals
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations is still hearing concerns that companies are planning to cancel or suspend business with Yemen despite a U.S. decision to allow all transact...
Jan 26, 2021
Biden's new climate orders to include suspension of federal oil and gas leasing - sources
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is expected to announce a suspension of new oil and gas leasing on U.S. federal lands and waters on Wednesday, and to order that nearly a third of federally run ac...
Jan 26, 2021
UK will see 'quite a lot more' COVID deaths - England's Chief Medical Officer
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will see more deaths from coronavirus before a vaccination programme takes effect, England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty said on Tuesday after the country's death tol...
Jan 26, 2021
U.S. vaccine distribution to states expected to tick up 16% next week - Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is expected to increase state allocations of COVID-19 vaccines to about 10 million next week, up 16% from 8.6 million doses per week currently, the Wash...
Jan 26, 2021
U.S. fintech startup Albert raises $100 million
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - US financial technology startup Albert has raised $100 million in a round led by General Atlantic, the company said on Tuesday. Other investors include CapitalG, Alph...
Jan 26, 2021
U.S. Senate backs Biden nominee Blinken as secretary of state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday backed President Joe Biden's nominee, veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, to serve as secretary of state. As voting continued, the 100-member Senate back...
Jan 26, 2021
Mets offer Trevor Bauer massive deal: report
The New York Mets are willing to make free agent pitcher Trevor Bauer one of baseball's highest-paid players, USA Today reported. The annual average salary in the team's offer to the National League C...
Jan 26, 2021
Sanofi to produce 100 million Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses, CEO says
PARIS (Reuters) - French pharma giant Sanofi will produce more than 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by its competitors Pfizer and BioNTech by the end of the year, CEO Paul Hudson t...
Jan 26, 2021
Italy reports 541 new coronavirus deaths, 10,593 cases
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 541 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, up from 420 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 10,593 from 8,561. Some...
Jan 26, 2021
UK PM Johnson: Sorrow of 100,000 COVID-19 death toll "hard to compute"
LONDON (Reuters) - The sorrow of Britain's COVID-19 death toll, which passed 100,000 on Tuesday, was hard to compute, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. "It's hard to compute the sorrow contained in t...
Jan 26, 2021
