Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Reuters Events: Allstate seeks more agents, but not as ‘human modems’
By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - Allstate Corp wants to buy more independent insurance agencies this year to build the business it acquired with its purchase of National General, Allstate Chief Exe...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. restricts exports to 5 Chinese firms over rights violations
By Karen Freifeld, Michael Martina and David Shepardson (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday restricted exports to five Chinese companies that it said were implicated in Chinese human rights vio...
Jun 23, 2021
U.S. to send 3 million J&J COVID-19 vaccine doses to Brazil
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday will ship 3 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil, the country with the second-highest coronav...
Jun 23, 2021
Fed’s Rosengren says central bank needs to keep eye on financial stability risks
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials need to keep a close watch on financial stability risks, and rising home prices in particular should be monitored, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said on Wed...
Jun 23, 2021
Brazil Environment Minister Salles resigns amid illegal logging probe
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has resigned, the official government gazette said on Wednesday, amid a criminal investigation into whether he obstructed a police pr...
Jun 23, 2021
Gibraltar holds referendum to ease strict abortion ban on June 24
MADRID (Reuters) - About 23,000 Gibraltarians are called to vote on Thursday in a referendum to ease one of the strictest abortion bans in the region. Criminal law in the British enclave bans abortion...
Jun 23, 2021
White House says no increased violence against U.S. troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is overseeing an orderly withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan and the United States has not seen an increase in violence directed against its troops in the co...
Jun 23, 2021
ATP roundup: Max Purcell takes down Gael Monfils at Eastbourne
Max Purcell of Australia upset top-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, in the round of 16 at Viking International Eastbourne in England on Wednesday. Purcell overcame Monfils' 16 aces and cam...
Jun 23, 2021
Enbridge says additional permit requirements will delay start of Line 5 tunnel project
By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to undertake a tougher environmental review of Enbridge Inc's proposed oil pipeline tunnel under the Great Lakes...
Jun 23, 2021
‘What planet’ are they on? Judge blasts Republicans for downplaying attack on U.S. Capitol
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday harshly criticized Republican lawmakers for downplaying the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, questioning "what planet" they are livi...
Jun 23, 2021
