Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Under scrutiny, North Korea tries to restrict news about executions – group
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has changed the way it carries out capital punishment in response to greater international scrutiny of its human rights, holding executions away from pryi...
Dec 15, 2021
German health ministry sees less covid-19 vaccines available in Q1
BERLIN (Reuters) - German expects significantly fewer COVID-19 vaccination doses to be delivered in the first three months of 2022 than the amount it currently receives, a spokesperson for the health ...
Dec 15, 2021
Scholz vows to launch biggest transformation of German economy in a century
By Paul Carrel and Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday his government would make Europe's largest economy fit for the future by fostering investment in...
Dec 15, 2021
Chile’s Kast channels Pinochet’s ghost against ‘communist’ left
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean ultra-conservative presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, sometimes likened to Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro and a defender of former dict...
Dec 15, 2021
Student leader to president? Chile’s Boric eyes historic election win
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Former student protest leader and leftist lawmaker Gabriel Boric has his sights set on winning Chile's presidential election on Sunday, which would make the 35-y...
Dec 15, 2021
Explainer-Economy closes in on Fed’s framework goals. How will policymakers react?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate is coming down, inflation is rising, and the Federal Reserve is preparing for faster rate increases than thought likely earlier th...
Dec 15, 2021
Derek Chauvin expected to change plea to guilty in George Floyd civil rights case
(Reuters) - White former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday in a federal court in Minnesota to charges that he violated George Floyd's civil rights durin...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. airlines to defend $54 billion COVID-19 government lifeline
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines Wednesday will defend a $54 billion COVID-19 government lifeline even as they face operational challenges and work to speed hiring to add...
Dec 15, 2021
End of eruption? Spanish volcano calm for second day
By Marco Trujillo LA PALMA (Reuters) - The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma was silent for a second day on Wednesday, raising hopes of an end to the three-month eruption, although expert...
Dec 15, 2021
Exclusive: Brazil bribery probe expands to four JPMorgan fuel deals -documents and sources
By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian police investigation of alleged bribery of Petrobras employees to fix the price of fuel sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co by the state-run oil firm ha...
Dec 15, 2021
