Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine over 50% effective in Brazil tests, reports newspaper Folha
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Sinovac Biotech's vaccine against COVID-19 is over 50% effective in late-stage trials, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Wednesday, adding that the Chinese company had asked...
Dec 23, 2020
IBM will pay $24.25 million to resolve FCC probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - IBM Corp has agreed to pay $24.25 million to resolve a pair of investigations by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)over subsidies awarded to connect schools and librari...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. gives investors until 2022 to divest from sanctioned Russian co GAZ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday granted investors another year to divest from Russian automaker GAZ PAO, a company linked to sanctioned Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska. The U.S. Tr...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. extends protection for Citgo from PDVSA creditors through July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday extended a measure barring transactions related to Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela's 2020 bond until July 2021, ami...
Dec 23, 2020
New COVID-19 variant present in Ireland - preliminary data
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish health chiefs believe a new variant of the coronavirus found in neighbouring Britain is present in Ireland, but not solely responsible for a rapid spread in the disease. The l...
Dec 23, 2020
Corporate activists return 'full steam,' eye 2021, after pandemic muted activity
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investors have ramped up demands for operational fixes, refreshed boards and sales of lackluster businesses in the last few months of 2020, a rush th...
Dec 23, 2020
Head of election monitoring group gunned down in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) - A prominent advocate of democracy in Afghanistan who headed an election monitoring organisation was gunned down on Wednesday in a Kabul neighbourhood, drawing widespread condemnation...
Dec 23, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. preparing new sanctions to impede Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is urging European allies and private companies to halt work that could help build the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and is preparing wid...
Dec 23, 2020
Trump's COVID bill delay leaves millions of desperate Americans in limbo
By Jonnelle Marte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's threat late Tuesday to veto the $892 billion coronavirus relief bill approved by Congress this week may delay aid for millions of fami...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. immigration arrests down 27% in 2020, a trend activists hope Biden will continue
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. immigration arrests fell by 27% in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic led to fewer border crossings and reduced operations, a falloff that pro-immigrant activis...
Dec 23, 2020
