Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Yellen says without debt limit hike, U.S. could face August default risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday urged Congress to raise or suspend the federal debt limit as soon as possible, warning that if lawmakers fail to act, the Unite...
Jun 23, 2021
Tunisia detects six cases of Delta COVID-19 variant
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia has detected six cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant, first detected in India, the health ministry said on Wednesday, amid a rapid spread of the virus in the North African co...
Jun 23, 2021
Biles selection a formality as U.S. team takes shape
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - The United States Olympic gymnastics trials begin on Thursday with Jade Carey having accomplished something seven-times national champion Simone Biles has not -- clinched ...
Jun 23, 2021
John McAfee found dead in prison after Spanish court allows extradition
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Antivirus creator John McAfee, 75, was found dead in his prison cell in Barcelona after the Spanish high court had authorised his extradition to the U.S., the Catalan justice dep...
Jun 23, 2021
NFL exploring options for media properites, including stake sale – WSJ
(Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) is exploring options for its media properties including selling stakes to strategic partners, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing a let...
Jun 23, 2021
EU envoy sees ‘plenty of time’ to resolve U.S.-EU dispute over steel, aluminum tariffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Union's top diplomat in Washington said the United States and Europe had enough time to resolve a continuing dispute over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs in coming ...
Jun 23, 2021
NIH begins clinical trial testing COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women
By Dania Nadeem (Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Wednesday it had begun a study to evaluate the immune responses generated by COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant or postpartu...
Jun 23, 2021
Nespresso not raising coffee prices yet, sees slow demand from offices
By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nespresso, the premium coffee division controlled by Nestle SA, has not increased prices for its capsules yet despite a sharp increase in benchmark prices for ...
Jun 23, 2021
Treasury’s Yellen: Hoping to get G20 endorsement for global minimum tax
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday said the Biden administration is hoping to gain endorsement at next month's G20 finance ministers meeting for a global minimum tax. Yellen...
Jun 23, 2021
Experimental prostate cancer drug may improve COVID-19 survival; younger patients report long lasting symptoms
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Jun 23, 2021
