Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ukraine’s interior minister resigns
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov submitted a letter of resignation after more six years on the post, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. It did not disclose any reason for ...
Jul 13, 2021
Vietnam seeking to secure 15 million doses of India’s Covaxin
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's health ministry is negotiating with India to secure 15 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, the country's government said in a statement on Tuesday. (Editing by A...
Jul 13, 2021
UK parliament backs foreign aid cut after PM Johnson sees off rebellion
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will go ahead with a temporary cut to its foreign aid budget after Prime Minister Boris Johnson defeated a rebellion in parliament on Tuesday by lawmakers in his Conservativ...
Jul 13, 2021
TIAA unit reaches $97 million settlement over retirement investments
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A unit of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America agreed to pay $97 million to tens of thousands of customers who were misled into moving their retirement invest...
Jul 13, 2021
Olympics-Canada to send largest Olympic team in 37 years to Tokyo
(Reuters) - Canada will send a team of 371 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics that, despite COVID-19 challenges and concerns, will be the country's largest Olympic contingent since the 1984 Los Angeles Su...
Jul 13, 2021
Compulsory jabs too late for my dad, says Frenchwoman preparing to sue
By Lea Guedj PARIS (Reuters) - France announced this week all healthcare workers will have to get a COVID-19 jab, but Johanna Cohen-Ganouna believes if that decision had been taken earlier, her father...
Jul 13, 2021
FCC votes to finalize program to replace Huawei equipment in U.S networks
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously on Tuesday to finalize a $1.9 billion program to reimburse U.S. carriers for removing equip...
Jul 13, 2021
Golf-Defending champion Lowry grouped with Rahm in Open first round
SANDWICH, England (Reuters) - Defending British Open champion Shane Lowry has been grouped with former winner Louis Oosthuizen and Spain's recent U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm for the start of the year'...
Jul 13, 2021
Responding to SOS, Afghan commandos caught in fierce Taliban attack
By Danish Siddiqui KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Minutes after returning from a mission on Tuesday before dawn, a convoy of exhausted Afghan commandos were speeding back out of their base to try t...
Jul 13, 2021
Verizon Business signs 5G contactless payment deal with Mastercard
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Verizon Business on Tuesday signed a deal with Mastercard Inc to use 5G and wireless technology for contactless payments and provide an autonomous checkout ...
Jul 13, 2021
