Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer: An e-yuan, euro or dollar? Central banks get to grips with digital cash
By Tom Wilson and Colm Fulton LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The world's biggest central banks are revving up work on issuing digital cash, aiming to fend off emerging threats to traditional money and t...
Apr 27, 2021
Britain says 33.8 million people have had first COVID-19 vaccine dose
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health ministry on Tuesday said 33,843,580 people had received a first COVID-19 vaccine dose, adding that a quarter of adults in the country had now received both doses of...
Apr 27, 2021
U.S. consumer confidence vaults to 14-month high in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence jumped to a 14-month high in April as increased vaccination against COVID-19 and additional fiscal stimulus allowed for more services businesses to reop...
Apr 27, 2021
Tennis-Wimbledon to become 14-day tournament from 2022 with play on Middle Sunday
By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - The Wimbledon Championships will become a 14-day tournament from 2022, with matches set to be played on Middle Sunday, traditionally a day off at the grasscourt Grand Slam, ...
Apr 27, 2021
Downtown Music sells songs catalog to Concord for $400 million, sources say
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - New York-based Downtown Music Holdings is selling its entire songs catalog to music rights company Concord Music for about $400 million, two sources close to the matter said on T...
Apr 27, 2021
Mexican president to thank Cuba’s Diaz-Canel for coronavirus medics on phonecall
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would on Tuesday speak with Cuban President Miguel Daz-Canel to express his appreciation to Cuba for sending around 1,000 health w...
Apr 27, 2021
Lawyers for Black man killed by N.Carolina officers to release autopsy
(Reuters) - Lawyers for the family of a Black man killed by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina during an attempted arrest are planning to release the results of an independent autopsy on Tuesday in ...
Apr 27, 2021
Palestinian elections appear headed for delay amid Jerusalem dispute, Fatah infighting
By Ali Sawafta and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAMALLAH, West Bank/GAZA (Reuters) - The first Palestinian elections in 15 years appeared to be headed for a delay on Tuesday amid a dispute over voting in Israeli...
Apr 27, 2021
Iran fears South African, Indian variants as daily virus deaths hit record
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has found three suspected cases of the coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Tuesday, calling it an alarm bell after COVID-19 deat...
Apr 27, 2021
FCC to votes to approve SpaceX satellite plan: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to approve the SpaceX plan to deploy Starlink satellites at a lower earth orbit, an FCC official confirmed to Reuters. The ...
Apr 27, 2021
