Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Turkey’s Halkbank can be prosecuted over Iran sanction violations, U.S. appeals court rules
By Jonathan Stempel and Tom Hals (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that state-owned Turkish lender Halkbank can be prosecuted over accusations it helped Iran evade American sanctions. T...
Oct 22, 2021
U.S. business activity accelerates in October, shortages hamper factories – IHS Markit survey
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business activity increased solidly in October, suggesting economic growth picked up at the start of the fourth quarter as COVID-19 infections subsided, t...
Oct 22, 2021
Walgreens to administer Moderna, J&J COVID-19 booster shots at U.S. stores
(Reuters) - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Friday customers can start receiving booster COVID-19 shots from Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson at its U.S. stores. The move comes after the Centers...
Oct 22, 2021
Canada scraps COVID-19 advisory to avoid unnecessary foreign travel
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has scrapped an official advisory urging its citizens to shun non-essential foreign travel, dropping a warning that was issued in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic erupte...
Oct 22, 2021
GM more than halfway through shipping pickup trucks parked due to lack of chips-exec
(Corrects name of GM executive to Carlisle in paragraph 2) DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is more than halfway through shipping newly assembly pickups that it had then parked due to a shortage ...
Oct 22, 2021
Exclusive-Italy woos Intel over multibillion-euro chip plant -sources
By Giulio Piovaccari and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - Rome is drawing up an offer to try to convince Intel to invest billions of euros in an advanced chipmaking plant in Italy, as Germany eme...
Oct 22, 2021
Small-town conservative mayor hopes to oust Orban in Hungary’s 2022 vote
By Krisztina Than HODMEZOVASARHELY, Hungary (Reuters) - Peter Marki-Zay, the new leader of Hungary's opposition alliance, has done the maths: he needs to win over the young, the undecided, and disench...
Oct 22, 2021
Italy struggles to name climate envoy as ministers argue over name
By Gavin Jones and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy, joint host of a key United Nations climate summit just over a week away, has still not found a special envoy to represent it because the minist...
Oct 22, 2021
Britain says investigating Delta subvariant as possibly more transmissible
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Health Security Agency on Friday said it designated a Delta coronavirus subvariant called AY.4.2 as a "Variant Under Investigation", saying there was some evidence that it co...
Oct 22, 2021
BMW starts producing new electric model, commits to emissions-free transport at main plant
By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) - German automaker BMW's first sales-ready battery electric i4 models rolled off production lines at its main plant in Munich on Friday, as the company expands i...
Oct 22, 2021
