Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canadian province extends fuel restrictions on motorists following flooding
(Reuters) - Government officials in British Columbia on Monday extended restrictions on the use of fuel by residents, saying it was needed for emergency vehicles as the region recovers from devastatin...
Nov 29, 2021
Main IKEA retailer’s profits jump despite ‘unprecedented challenges’
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores world-wide, reported on Tuesday a jump in annual profit on the back of record demand for home furnishing as people st...
Nov 29, 2021
Golf-Johnson, DeChambeau and Mickelson confirmed for Saudi International
(Reuters) - Major champions Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson are among the marquee names that have been confirmed to play the Feb. 3-6 Saudi International, tournament organizers sa...
Nov 29, 2021
Australia national cabinet to meet amid Omicron worries
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's national cabinet will meet on Tuesday to review measures aimed at limiting the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant after officials paused a further easing of border r...
Nov 29, 2021
Pfizer, BioNTech to seek FDA approval for booster shots for 16 and 17-year olds- Washington Post
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE are expected to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the next few days to authorize their COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for 16 and 17-year...
Nov 29, 2021
Designer Virgil Abloh remembered at Fashion Awards
LONDON (Reuters) - Designers and celebrities paid tribute to Virgil Abloh at the Fashion Awards in London on Monday, where the late Louis Vuitton and Off-White creative force was honoured as a leader ...
Nov 29, 2021
Gap settles U.S. charges of job discrimination based on immigration status
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Gap Inc has settled federal charges that it routinely discriminated against employees who were not U.S. citizens because of their immigration status, the Department of ...
Nov 29, 2021
Failure to deal with debt limit would ‘eviscerate’ U.S. economic recovery – Yellen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged Congress to raise the U.S. debt limit or risk undermining what she described as the U.S. economy's "quite remarkable" recovery from th...
Nov 29, 2021
Prosecutors ask U.S. Supreme Court to overturn ruling that freed Bill Cosby
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Pennsylvania prosecutors on Monday said they have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to toss out the state court decision that overturned Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction earl...
Nov 29, 2021
France sends more police, extends curfew in restive Caribbean territory
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government will send police reinforcements, including an elite SWAT team, and extend a curfew in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe after two weeks of unrest, the o...
Nov 29, 2021
