Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. business formation tumbles 28.5% in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Applications to start new U.S. businesses plunged in the fourth quarter as COVID-19 continued to ravage the economy, supporting views that it could take years to recover the mil...
Jan 14, 2021
Italy reports 522 coronavirus deaths on Thursday, 17,246 new cases
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 522 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday, against 507 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 17,246 from 15,774. So...
Jan 14, 2021
Brazil flight to India for Astrazeneca vaccines delayed, ministry says
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's health ministry said on Thursday that a flight to India to seek two million off-the-shelf doses of Astrazeneca's coronavirus vaccine has been pushed back a day to Friday....
Jan 14, 2021
New York AG sues over excessive force by NYC police against protesters
(Reuters) - New York state Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sued New York City, Mayor Bill De Blasio and the city's police commissioner on Thursday over allegations the police used excessive...
Jan 14, 2021
Exclusive: Toyota to settle U.S. probe into delayed emissions defect reports for $180 million – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will settle a Justice Department civil probe into its delayed filing of emissions-related defect reports for $180 million, sources briefed on the matter said. ...
Jan 14, 2021
Top U.N. officials urge U.S. to revoke blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthis, warn of famine
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three top United Nations officials all called on the United States on Thursday to revoke its decision to designate Yemen's Houthis a foreign terrorist organiza...
Jan 14, 2021
U.S. charges MIT professor with failing to disclose Chinese ties when seeking grants
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A mechanical engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was arrested on U.S. charges that he failed to disclose his ties to the Chinese gover...
Jan 14, 2021
U.N. food chief warns U.S. designation of Houthis a ‘death sentence’ for innocent Yemenis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. food chief David Beasley on Thursday called for the United States to reverse its decision to designate Yemen's Houthis a foreign terrorist organization and called "the Gulf s...
Jan 14, 2021
Some vaccinated Russians offered laxer COVID-19 curbs, life without masks
By Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Some Russian regions are proposing to relax COVID-19 restrictions such as mandatory mask-wearing and other incentives for Russians who receive the homegrown vac...
Jan 14, 2021
American Airlines to offer COVID-19 vaccines to employees at hub airports, director says
CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines plans to offer COVID-19 vaccines to its employees at medical clinics at its hub airports once they are available, with inoculation for Chicago-based employees pos...
Jan 14, 2021
