Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Germany to miss deadline for full rollout of e-prescriptions
BERLIN (Reuters) - The rollout of a fully fledged digital prescriptions system in Germany will not meet the legally binding deadline of Jan. 1, 2022 due to delayed testing and the lack of technologica...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. travelers stay closer to home as Omicron looms
By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carla Benton, a Chicago-based book copy editor, was preparing for a Christmas trip to Europe when the Omicron variant of the coronavirus began to make headlines i...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. gives seven global aid groups $580 million for COVID – Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is providing the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and five other global aid groups an additional $580 million to fight COVID-19, U...
Dec 21, 2021
ING to quit French retail banking market
PARIS (Reuters) - Dutch financial services company ING will quit the French retail banking business, it said on Tuesday, in a move that could affect 460 employees. ING added that talks were continuing...
Dec 21, 2021
Norway wealth fund will pressure, not divest from high gas emitters
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.4 trillion wealth fund, the world's largest, will not divest from companies that are major emitters of greenhouse gases to meet plans to make its investm...
Dec 21, 2021
Malaysia warns of more floods as PM acknowledges lapses in rescue efforts
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Tuesday warned of more storms and heavy rainfall in the coming days as Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob admitted to weaknesses in the government's response to fl...
Dec 21, 2021
Cricket-South Africa focused on beating India despite off-field woes
(Please note offensive language in seventh paragraph) JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Test captain Dean Elgar says he will not let the allegations of racist conduct that have come to light at Cricket South A...
Dec 21, 2021
Exclusive: Qatar targets $10 billion of investments in U.S. ports -sources
By Jonathan Saul, Marwa Rashad and Davide Barbuscia LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar plans to invest at least $10 billion in U.S. ports and has approached international banks for financing help, three f...
Dec 21, 2021
Iran fires ballistic and cruise missiles in Gulf war games
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards fired ballistic and cruise missiles on Tuesday during war games in the Gulf, state TV reported, amid heightened tensions with the United States and Israel...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. cities try new way to help the poor: give them money
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spurred by the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of U.S. cities are deploying a new tool in their war on poverty: cash. At least 16 cities and counties are handing o...
Dec 21, 2021
