Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU, Britain urge Russia to commit to net zero CO2 emissions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union, Britain and Italy have urged Russia to commit to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and step up its plans to tackle climate change ahead of the CO...
Sep 29, 2021
Qatar adds new people and an entity to its national sanctions list – QNA
CAIRO - (Reuters) - Qatar added a group that it described as a "terrorist entity" and seven people to its national sanctions list, the state news agency (QNA) reported on Wednesday. The decision taken...
Sep 29, 2021
Olympics-Beijing Games to allow spectators only from mainland China
BERLIN (Reuters) -Tickets for the Beijing 2022 winter Olympics will be sold to spectators from mainland China only, while unvaccinated athletes must spend 21 days in quarantine ahead of the Games, the...
Sep 29, 2021
Global supply disruptions could still get worse, central bankers warn
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Supply constraints thwarting global economic growth could still get worse, keeping inflation elevated longer, even if the current spike in ...
Sep 29, 2021
U.S. lawmakers to take time out from feuding to play ball
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As partisan standoffs in the U.S. Congress risk a government shutdown and debt default, lawmakers take a timeout on Wednesday for one of Washington's few remai...
Sep 29, 2021
Poland sends over 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Egypt
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland sent over 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Egypt, the Polish foreign ministry said on Wednesday. "More than 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines are on their way fro...
Sep 29, 2021
Explainer-Standing at the precipice, Washington courts debt limit catastrophe
By Jason Lange, Megan Davies and David Randall WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A standoff in Washington between President Joe Biden's Democrats and Republicans is threatening to trigger a financial and economic...
Sep 29, 2021
‘We will remove you’, Hezbollah official told Beirut blast judge
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior official in the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah told the judge investigating the disastrous Beirut port blast that it would remove him from the probe, according to a journ...
Sep 29, 2021
U.S. and Egyptian officials discussed two-state solution, Tunisia, Sudan and more -official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other officials emphasized President Joe Biden's support for a two-...
Sep 29, 2021
G7 finance ministers make some progress on tax deal, UK says
LONDON (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the Group of Seven made some progress on Wednesday at reaching a joint position on a landmark global corporate tax deal, days before it needs to win over a wi...
Sep 29, 2021
