Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK variant of COVID-19 accounts for 18% of infections in Italy
ROME (Reuters) - The highly contagious variant of the COVID-19 virus first found in Britain accounts for some 17.8% of all new infections in Italy, with the infection rate ticking up in many parts of ...
Feb 12, 2021
Merkel sees more than enough COVID-19 vaccine available in April
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will have difficulties making use of all available COVID-19 vaccines in April, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview with broadcaster ZDF on Friday. Once a 7-day cor...
Feb 12, 2021
Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs file motions to dismiss Smartmatic lawsuit
(Reuters) - Fox News Media said on Friday Maria Bartiromo, Judge Jeanine Pirro and former host Lou Dobbs filed separate motions to dismiss electronic voting systems maker Smartmatic's lawsuit against ...
Feb 12, 2021
Mexican president hails Biden’s border wall freeze
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to stop new construction of his predecessor's signature wall on the border with Mexico received a vote of confidence from his Mexican counte...
Feb 12, 2021
Turkish sailors freed after kidnapping off Nigeria: state media
ANKARA (Reuters) - Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea have been freed, Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Friday, some two weeks after the kidna...
Feb 12, 2021
Fed eyes trouble in commercial real estate, corporate debt in 2021 stress tests
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday unveiled the hypothetical recession it plans to test large banks against in its 2021 stress tests, which includes "substanti...
Feb 12, 2021
Which countries would benefit most from an IMF SDR increase
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Group of Seven finance ministers are expected on Friday to back a new allocation of the International Monetary Fund's own currency, or Special Drawing Rights, to help ...
Feb 12, 2021
Philippines’ Duterte tells U.S. ‘you have to pay’ if it wants to keep troop deal
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday the United States must pay if it wants to keep a two-decade-old troop deployment agreement with his country that is central to U....
Feb 12, 2021
French authority recommends single COVID-19 shot for those previously infected
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authority Haute Autorite de Sante recommended on Friday that only a single shot of COVID-19 vaccine should be administered to people who had been previously infected. T...
Feb 12, 2021
Vodafone Germany suspends China TV from cable after licence withdrawn
BERLIN (Reuters) - Vodafone Germany said it had suspended distribution of China's state-owned CGTN television on its cable services after authorities had withdrawn a licence for its distribution. The ...
Feb 12, 2021
