Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colombia to host Afghans making their way to the United States
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will temporarily host Afghans fleeing their country's takeover by the Taliban while they await approval to enter the United States, President Ivan Duque said on Friday. Duq...
Aug 20, 2021
U.S. CDC asks travelers at high risk of severe COVID-19 to avoid cruises
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday people at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 should avoid travel on cruise ships, including river cr...
Aug 20, 2021
In nod to Delta variant, Fed moves Jackson Hole meet online
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, will take place on Aug. 27 virtually and not in person as planned, the clearest signal yet of ...
Aug 20, 2021
U.S. dollar net long bets slip in latest week -CFTC, Reuters data
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. dollar net longs slid in the latest week, according to Reuters calculations and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The ...
Aug 20, 2021
Mexico president would consider freeing drug lord jailed for killing U.S. agent
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president on Friday said he was open to freeing drug lord Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, jailed for the 1985 murder of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent...
Aug 20, 2021
Rain falls at Greenland ice summit for first time on record
By Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta (Reuters) - Rain fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week for the first time on record, another worrying sign of warming for the ice sheet alread...
Aug 20, 2021
Biden plans to nominate Rahm Emanuel to be Japan ambassador -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Rahm Emanuel, a former White House chief of staff and a former mayor of Chicago, to be ambassador to Japan, the White house said in a ...
Aug 20, 2021
In shift, Biden taps career diplomat, not politician, for ambassador to China
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Veteran U.S. diplomat Nicholas Burns has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as U.S. ambassador to China, the White House said on Friday, signaling ...
Aug 20, 2021
Moderna mandates COVID-19 vaccination for U.S. employees
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc said on Friday it will require COVID-19 vaccination for all its employees in the United States from October. Rival coronavirus vaccine maker Pfizer Inc had earlier this month ha...
Aug 20, 2021
U.S. evacuation flights from Kabul will land in Germany on Friday – Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military aircraft conducting evacuation flights from Kabul will land in Germany on Friday, the Pentagon said. Army Major General William Taylor, with the U.S. military's Jo...
Aug 20, 2021
