Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden says putting U.S. troops on ground in Ukraine is ‘not on the table’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday putting American troops on the ground in Ukraine to deter a potential Russian invasion was "not on the table" and he hoped to announce...
Dec 08, 2021
U.S. takes aim at organized crime in latest sanctions marking democracy summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on dozens of individuals and entities across Europe and the Western Hemisphere, targeting El Salvador officials over alleged neg...
Dec 08, 2021
NHL-Rangers still most valuable team, first worth $2 billion – Forbes
(Reuters) - The New York Rangers are the National Hockey League's most valuable franchise for a seventh consecutive year and the first worth $2 billion, according to the annual list published by busin...
Dec 08, 2021
Act now to curb Omicron’s spread, WHO’s Tedros tells world
GENEVA (Reuters) - Governments should urgently reassess their national responses to COVID-19 and accelerate their vaccination programmes to slow the spread of the Omicron variant, WHO director-general...
Dec 08, 2021
Oceans hold promise as climate-fighting carbon sinks – researchers
(Reuters) - The United States should study how the world's oceans could be used to remove planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through methods like cultivating seaweed or manipulating nut...
Dec 08, 2021
Digital euro, Swiss franc trials were successful, c.banks say
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Europe's first cross-border trial of central bank digital currency payments has been described as a success by the central banks of Switzerland and France, though the...
Dec 08, 2021
Factbox: Countries weigh need for booster COVID-19 shots
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) - Many countries are rolling out COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, but there is no consensus among scientists that they are necessary and the World Health Organization wants t...
Dec 08, 2021
Apple inches closer to $3 trillion market cap
By Nivedita Balu and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) - Apple Inc is within striking distance of a $3 trillion market capitalization, a milestone that would make it as big as the world's fifth largest e...
Dec 08, 2021
Alien ‘super-Jupiter’ breaks the mold on where planets can exist
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the largest planets ever detected orbits at an enormous distance around two stars with a combined mass up to 10 times greater than our sun, an extreme cele...
Dec 08, 2021
AbbVie settles New York opioid case as trial winds down
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AbbVie Inc has settled claims by New York and two of its counties that it fueled an epidemic of opioid addiction in the state, on the day jurors were expected to hear closing argu...
Dec 08, 2021
