Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil to test COVID-19 vaccination on city’s entire adult population
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian biomedical institute Butantan plans to vaccinate a city's entire adult population of about 30,000 people against COVID-19 to test whether it lowers the infection rate, ...
Feb 08, 2021
Biden will invite Super Bowl champs Bucs as well as Lakers to White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday said President Joe Biden will invite the U.S. Super Bowl champions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and last season's NBA champions, the L.A. Lakers to the W...
Feb 08, 2021
Nigeria yet to detect South African virus variant, to stick with AstraZeneca vaccine
ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria has not yet found the South African variant of COVID-19 in its population and will continue with plans to distribute the AstraZeneca vaccine, the head of the country's ...
Feb 08, 2021
Musk-fuelled bitcoin surge triggers cryptocurrency exchange glitches
(Reuters) - Major cryptocurrency exchanges experienced technical issues on Monday as trading volumes soared after billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla Inc revealed it had purchased $1.5 billion of bitcoin an...
Feb 08, 2021
Emerging market central bank rate cuts fade further in January
By Karin Strohecker and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Emerging market central banks delivered just one interest rate cut in December, signalling the fading out of an easing cycle that had started...
Feb 08, 2021
German prosecutors charge 100-year-old former concentration camp guard
BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors have charged a 100-year-old German man with being an accessory to 3,518 murders committed while he was allegedly a guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp d...
Feb 08, 2021
Fed’s Mester says monetary policy will stay accommodative for very long time
(Reuters) - Monetary policy will stay accommodative for a very long time because the U.S. economy is far from the Federal Reserve's goals for maximum employment and price stability, Cleveland Fed Bank...
Feb 08, 2021
Exclusive: Congressional Democrats set to back more than $50 billion for transportation sector
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress are set to release a sweeping plan on Monday to provide more than $50 billion in additional assistance to U.S. airlines, transit systems, airports...
Feb 08, 2021
White House expects lawmakers’ coronavirus aid “mark up” will track closely to Biden’s plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House expects the House of Representatives to track closely to President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief plan as it marks up its latest round of legislation to blunt th...
Feb 08, 2021
White House indicates Trump has not sought an intelligence briefing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday indicated that former President Donald Trump has not yet requested an intelligence briefing, as the Biden administration's intelligence team decides wh...
Feb 08, 2021
