Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Still separated: COVID-19 order keeps families apart after Biden lifts 'Muslim ban'
By Kristina Cooke and Mimi Dwyer LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - On Tuesday night, on the eve of President Joe Biden's inauguration, Mania Darbani's mother called her from Iran. She was ecstatic that Biden wo...
Jan 21, 2021
IOC president Bach says Tokyo Olympics to be held as scheduled: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - IOC president Thomas Bach said on Thursday that the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games will be held as scheduled, in an interview with Kyodo News. He said there was "no Plan B". Despite a su...
Jan 21, 2021
UK factories see big drop in output ahead, supply problems too
LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturers expect a sharp fall in output in the three months ahead and there were widespread concerns about COVID and Brexit-related problems hindering the supply of comp...
Jan 21, 2021
Yellen's call to 'act big' reflects long re-think on big government debt
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen's confirmation hearing Tuesday she nodded to the need for the federal debt to be put on a "sustainable" pat...
Jan 21, 2021
Explainer: With no self-pardon in hand, private citizen Trump faces uncertain legal future
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Donald Trump issued a list of pardons during his final hours as U.S. president but did not include himself, his children, or personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, even though adviser...
Jan 21, 2021
Canadian pension funds hunt for pandemic real estate bargains
By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian pension funds are seeking to boost their real estate investments, betting the slumping property market will recover as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes and of...
Jan 21, 2021
U.S. must improve infrastructure: Biden transportation nominee
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee to head the U.S. Transportation Department will tell a U.S. Senate panel on Thursday the United States must improve its infrast...
Jan 21, 2021
More scope for political agreement with Biden: Merkel
(Reuters) - There is far more scope for political agreement between Germany and the United States after Biden's inauguration, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. "That is clear just look...
Jan 21, 2021
Germany to vaccinate all citizens by end of summer: Merkel
(Reuters) - Coronavirus vaccines show a way out of the pandemic as they can be adapted for new variants of the virus and Germany should be able to vaccinate all citizens by the end of summer, German C...
Jan 21, 2021
Thai regulator approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine - govt source, media
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the usage of COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca Plc for domestic inoculation, the first coronavirus vaccine to be approved...
Jan 21, 2021
