Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen cites need for compromise on digital service taxes in call with French counterpart
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in a call on Friday with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, stressed the importance of reaching a compromise on the withdrawal of digi...
Sep 24, 2021
Huawei heir apparent prepares for life after three years of Canada court battle
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - After being stuck for nearly three years, largely confined to her multi-million-dollar Canadian house in a sought-after neighborhood in Vancouver, Huawei Chief...
Sep 24, 2021
Britain’s Prince Andrew accepts U.S. service of sexual assault lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew has accepted service in the United States of a sexual assault lawsuit by a woman who said the Duke of York forced her to have sex with him at the London ho...
Sep 24, 2021
Sri Lanka to cease building coal-fired plants, aims to be net-zero emitter by 2050
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will cease building new coal-fired power plants and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said in an address to the...
Sep 24, 2021
New York Fed researchers develop climate stress test for banks
(Reuters) - Researchers at the New York Federal Reserve Bank have developed an approach to measuring banks' exposures to climate-related risks, a possible early step toward assessing whether financial...
Sep 24, 2021
Golf-Spieth nearly ends up in Lake Michigan after remarkable Ryder Cup shot
KOHLER, Wis. (Reuters) - American Jordan Spieth nearly ended up in chilly Lake Michigan after hitting a remarkable shot out of the rough from an extreme slope as part of a desperate bid to extend a Ry...
Sep 24, 2021
Brazil telecoms regulator says 5G auction rules to be published by Monday
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's government expects to attract some 50 billion reais ($9.35 billion) in bids from a planned auction of fifth generation (5G) mobile spectrum, with auction rules to be iss...
Sep 24, 2021
U.S. condemns Taliban’s reported plan to reinstate executions, amputations
(Reuters) - U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday that Washington condemns in the strongest terms reported comments by a Taliban official who said the group would restore the use...
Sep 24, 2021
Australia’s Morrison says Indo-Pacific should always be free from coercion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison stressed the importance of a "free and open" Indo-Pacific, as leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia began their Quad...
Sep 24, 2021
U.S. to probe some imported magnets as part of supply chain review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday said it would investigate the national security impact of certain imported magnets used in fighter aircraft and missile guidance systems a...
Sep 24, 2021
