Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Norway to reassess national anti-virus measures in late March, says health minister
OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government will reassess the national measures introduced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the second half of March, Health Minister Bent Hoeie said on Wednes...
Feb 24, 2021
Geely Auto and Volvo Cars to launch powertrain venture after merger scrapped
BEIJING (Reuters) - Geely Automobile and sister company Volvo Cars will abandon merger plans but launch a new entity to combine their powertrain operations and expand cooperation on electric vehicles,...
Feb 24, 2021
Brazil current account deficit 0.65% of GDP, smallest in 13 years
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's current account deficit in the year to January as a share of the overall economy shrank to its smallest in 13 years, official figures showed on Wednesda...
Feb 24, 2021
Global airline body IATA plans COVID travel pass for end of March
LONDON (Reuters) - Global airline industry body IATA said it would launch a COVID-19 travel pass at the end of March, bringing into use a digital system for test results and vaccine certificates which...
Feb 24, 2021
EU Commission proposes lower wholesale roaming price caps
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed further cuts to wholesale roaming tariffs paid by telecoms operators to their counterparts, plus a 10-year extension ...
Feb 24, 2021
Amnesty International revokes Kremlin critic Navalny’s ‘prisoner of conscience’ status
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Amnesty International no longer considers jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a "prisoner of conscience" due to past comments he made that qualify as advocacy of hatred, the group ...
Feb 24, 2021
Mexican inflation quickens less than expected in early February
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican consumer price inflation accelerated by less than forecast in the first two weeks of February, data from the national statistics agency showed on Wednesday. Mexican ann...
Feb 24, 2021
China rejects growing Western criticism at U.N. rights forum
GENEVA (Reuters) - China hit back on Wednesday at growing criticism by Western powers of its human rights record in the regions of Xinjiang and Tibet, as well as in the former British colony of Hong K...
Feb 24, 2021
Norwegian Air and Airbus agree terms to end jet deliveries, court is told
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Norwegian Air and jet maker Airbus have agreed on terms to repudiate the carrier's contract for new aircraft, lawyers representing the two firms told Ireland's High Court on Wednesd...
Feb 24, 2021
Economic pain from pandemic upends the lives of restaurant owners, entertainers
By Vanessa Johnston FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (Reuters) - The reality has not yet sunk in for Pepe Diaz that the beloved deli he ran with his brother for more than 30 years is permanently shut. "The camarad...
Feb 24, 2021
