Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU promised help to Ukraine to get coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible: Zelenskiy
KYIV (Reuters) - The European Union has promised to help Ukraine obtain coronavirus vaccines as soon as possible, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office said on Thursday evening. Zelenskiy r...
Jan 21, 2021
U.N. envoy says Central African Republic needs more peacekeepers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations must deploy many more peacekeepers to Central African Republic to support government troops depleted by mass desertions during a recent surge in rebel attacks, ...
Jan 21, 2021
Irish COVID-19 death rate at pandemic high
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's COVID-19 death rate is at its highest level since the start of the pandemic with an average of 44 deaths per day in the past week, a senior health official said on Thursda...
Jan 21, 2021
Witness implicates Mexican soldiers in mass student kidnap, president says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed on Thursday that a witness implicated soldiers in the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in the southern state of Guerrer...
Jan 21, 2021
U.S. FTC names Rebecca Slaughter acting chair of the agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that Rebecca Kelly Slaughter had been designated the acting chair of the agency. (Reporting by Diane Bartz)
Jan 21, 2021
Runaway cost of oxygen tanks adds extra agony to pandemic in Mexico
By Diego Or MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A shortage of oxygen tanks in Mexico City and a fourfold rise in prices for the life-saving gas are compounding the coronavirus crisis for the sprawling capital's h...
Jan 21, 2021
Explainer: Bond yields are rising. Why does it matter?
By Kate Duguid NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury bond yields have been shaken out of hibernation and are back above 1% after hitting record lows last year, on hopes of an economic rebound in the Unit...
Jan 21, 2021
U.S., EU kickstart renewed climate change cooperation with first call
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry and European Union climate policy chief Frans Timmermans on Thursday held their first call under the new U.S. administration, ...
Jan 21, 2021
Exclusive: Georgetown University academic Chris Brummer in lead for CFTC chair – sources
By Jarrett Renshaw, Karen Brettell and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgetown University academic Chris Brummer has emerged as the leading candidate to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Co...
Jan 21, 2021
Spain’s COVID-19 infections hit new daily record
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's coronavirus incidence as measured over past 14 days rose to a new high of 796 cases per 100,000 people on Thursday from 736 cases the previous day, health ministry data show...
Jan 21, 2021
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