Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French economy set for fourth quarter growth slightly below 0.75% – central bank
PARIS (Reuters) - The French economy is set to grow a bit less than 0.75% in the final quarter of this year as firms grapple with an increasingly uncertain health situation, the central bank said on T...
Dec 07, 2021
Florida to feed starving manatees in rare conservation move
By Julio-Cesar Chavez (Reuters) - Starving manatees will soon be fed by hand in Florida, a rare wildfire intervention to save the marine mammals whose natural food is vanishing from the effects of pol...
Dec 07, 2021
U.S. Congress includes $300 million for Ukraine, addresses China in massive defense bill
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers included a range of efforts to push back against Russia and China in a massive annual defense bill released on Tuesday, including $300 million...
Dec 07, 2021
Twitter tests overhaul of process to flag harmful tweets
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter Inc will begin overhauling how users report harmful tweets in an effort to make it easier for people to describe what is wrong with the content they are seeing, the ...
Dec 07, 2021
Fauci says early evidence points to Omicron being more transmissible but less severe
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Preliminary evidence indicates that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus likely has a higher degree of transmissibility but is less severe...
Dec 07, 2021
Exclusive-Amazon offered France deal to have bill protecting bookshops pulled
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon proposed raising book delivery charges in France to around 2 euros from almost nothing if parliament withdrew a bill that would make it more difficult for ...
Dec 07, 2021
Norway again tightens COVID-19 restrictions in bid to halt spread
OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government introduced stricter rules on Tuesday to limit the spread of COVID-19, including a cap on the number of visitors in private homes and shortening the hours bars...
Dec 07, 2021
Senate confirms Rosenworcel to new term on U.S. FCC
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 68-31 on Tuesday to confirm Federal Communications Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel to a new five-year term with the telecom regula...
Dec 07, 2021
African Union calls for end to Omicron travel curbs on some African nations
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Union on Tuesday called for an urgent end to travel restrictions imposed on some of its member states, saying the measures effectively penalize governments for timely d...
Dec 07, 2021
Morocco’s vaccine pass stumbles with new variant looming
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's experiment with vaccine mandates that spurred angry protests last month appears to be coming unloose, with most cafes, restaurants and train stations no...
Dec 07, 2021
