Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox: EU digital COVID certificate, the key to summer travel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union launched on Thursday it digital COVID certificate system designed to help citizens travel more freely across the 27-nation bloc and open up summer tourism. WHAT...
Jul 01, 2021
U.S. House approves $715 billion infrastructure bill
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives approved a $715 billion surface transportation and water infrastructure bill on Thursday in what Democrat...
Jul 01, 2021
Soccer-Spanish court rules against UEFA in case over European Super League
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish court on Thursday ordered European soccer's governing body UEFA to cancel all legal sanctions imposed on Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus for planning the creation of t...
Jul 01, 2021
Exclusive: Mediaset wins TV rights for next three seasons of Italian Cup
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's top commercial broadcaster Mediaset has won exclusive TV rights for the next three seasons of the Italian Cup competition with a 144.6 million euro ($172 million) offer, thre...
Jul 01, 2021
Hundreds of dead turtles wash ashore in Sri Lanka after cargo ship wreck
(Reuters) - Hundreds of turtles have washed ashore after a ship caught fire and sank off the west coast of Sri Lanka in June in the country's worst-ever marine disaster, a court in the capital Colombo...
Jul 01, 2021
Russian hackers are abusing VPNs to hijack accounts, U.S. and UK officials say
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian spies accused of interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election have spent much of the past two years abusing virtual private networks (VPNs) to ta...
Jul 01, 2021
ABB readies electric vehicle charger business for $3 billion IPO next year – sources
By Arno Schuetze and Oliver Hirt FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Swiss technology group ABB plans to list its e-mobility division on the stock market next year in a deal that could value the fast-growing busine...
Jul 01, 2021
EBRD stops investing in upstream oil and gas to align with Paris goals
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) -The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will stop investing in upstream oil and gas projects as part of plans to align its activities with the...
Jul 01, 2021
Tropical storm Elsa strengthens as it moves toward Windward Islands- NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical storm Elsa has strengthened a little as it races toward the Windward Islands, the U.S National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Thursday. Elsa, located about 680 miles (1095 km) eas...
Jul 01, 2021
Countries with new fossil fuel projects should zero out emissions -U.S. climate envoy
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Countries developing new oil, gas and coal projects should make sure they come with technology that can reduce the emissions to zero, John Kerry, the U.S. spe...
Jul 01, 2021
