Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Algerian crisis interim president Bensalah dies aged 80
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's former interim president Abdelkader Bensalah, who ruled the country during an unprecedented political crisis in 2019, died on Wednesday aged 80, the presidency said. Bens...
Sep 22, 2021
Factbox – Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden will push world leaders on Wednesday to do more to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, and announce a U.S. pledge to buy 500 million more vaccine doses to donate to other count...
Sep 22, 2021
Germany won’t pay unvaccinated workers in quarantine – draft
BERLIN (Reuters) - German health authorities are planning new rules under which unvaccinated workers would not receive compensation for lost pay if coronavirus measures forced them to quarantine, acco...
Sep 22, 2021
France has no plans to ease COVID health pass restrictions at this stage – Attal
PARIS (Reuters) - France has no plans at this stage to ease health pass restrictions set up to rein in a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday...
Sep 22, 2021
Workshops in Michigan to help various governments navigate American Rescue Plan act
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Workshops will be taking place over the next several weeks in Michigan to help various governments across the state navigate the American Rescue Plan Act, and get the ...
Sep 22, 2021
Turkey’s top Islamic cleric moves centre stage, irking secularists
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - When President Tayyip Erdogan opened a new court complex this month, Turkey's senior cleric sealed the ceremony with a Muslim prayer, triggering protests from crit...
Sep 22, 2021
Former UK regulator Ross to chair EU securities watchdog ESMA
LONDON (Reuters) -Former UK financial regulator Verena Ross has been selected by European Union member states to chair European Union securities watchdog ESMA after months of haggling. Ross, a German ...
Sep 22, 2021
Carlos the Jackal seeks to reduce life sentence for deadly 1974 grenade attack
PARIS (Reuters) - Carlos the Jackal, the leftist militant who carried out attacks across the globe in the 1970s and 1980s, opened a bid in a French court on Wednesday to reduce the life sentence he ha...
Sep 22, 2021
Energy trader Vitol, China’s BYD partner on EV infrastructure
LONDON (Reuters) - Vitol has partnered with China's BYD to allocate an initial $250 million to expand electric vehicle infrastructure in some markets, the energy trading firm said on Wednesday. "Toget...
Sep 22, 2021
Soaring gas prices ripple through heavy industry, supply chains
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Susanna Twidale and Roslan Khasawneh LONDON (Reuters) - Global record high natural gas prices are pushing some energy-intensive companies to curtail production in a trend tha...
Sep 22, 2021
