Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump receives Morocco's highest award for Middle East work: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday received Morocco's highest award for his work in advancing a normalization deal between Israel and Morocco, a senior administration officia...
Jan 15, 2021
Euro zone trade surplus rises year-on-year in November despite slowdown
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone's trade surplus rose as expected in November despite a economic slowdown and falling trade turnover, mainly thanks to a better trade balance with Russia, Turkey, Nor...
Jan 15, 2021
Colombia to keep land, river borders closed until March
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will keep its land and river borders closed until March 1 as it tries to curb the spread of coronavirus, its migration agency said on Friday, following a decision to extend...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to hold Jan. 21 hearing for transportation nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a Jan. 21 confirmation hearing on the nomination of former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg to head the Transportation Depar...
Jan 15, 2021
31.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 12.3 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 12,279,180 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 31,161,075 doses. The...
Jan 15, 2021
Global COVID-19 death toll tops 2 million
By Shaina Ahluwalia and Kavya B (Reuters) - The worldwide coronavirus death toll surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as nations around the world are trying to procure multiple...
Jan 15, 2021
Fed's Rosengren says need to keep buying MBS, Treasuries
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said on Friday he welcomes President-elect Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus package as "big" but "appropriate," and signa...
Jan 15, 2021
Net proceeds in key U.S. spectrum auction tops $80 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said that the first phase in the largest auction of mid-band 5G spectrum to date had raised a record $80.9 billion in gross proceeds. The s...
Jan 15, 2021
Spain's Catalonia postpones election to May 30 due to coronavirus resurgence
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia on Friday postponed a parliamentary election scheduled for Feb. 14 until May 30 due to surging COVID-19 contagion across Spain that has pushed hospital occupancy in the...
Jan 15, 2021
Apple fails to overturn VirnetX patent verdict, could owe over $1.1 billion
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A federal judge denied Apple Inc's bid to set aside or reduce a $502.8 million patent infringement verdict favoring VirnetX Holding Corp, and awarded interest and royal...
Jan 15, 2021
