Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil’s extra COVID-19 spend skirting key fiscal rule is negative for credit profile – Moody’s
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian government's decision to exclude extra pandemic-fighting expenditure this year from the spending cap framework is a negative development for the co...
Apr 22, 2021
Iran cuts number of centrifuges enriching uranium to 60% purity: IAEA report
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has reduced the number of centrifuges enriching uranium to up to 60% purity at an above-ground plant at Natanz to one cluster from two, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog se...
Apr 22, 2021
Mass cremations begin as India’s capital faces deluge of COVID-19 deaths
By Danish Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Delhi resident Nitish Kumar was forced to keep his dead mother's body at home for nearly two days while he searched for space in the city's crematoriums - a si...
Apr 22, 2021
Canada, under pressure to bar India, Brazil flights, could soon make announcement: official
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's government, under pressure to suspend flights from India and Brazil over fears about the spread of the coronavirus, could make an announcement on the matter shortly, a seni...
Apr 22, 2021
OPEC says NOPEC bill could put U.S. overseas assets, personnel at risk
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. assets and personnel overseas could be at risk if the country decided to pass a bill against OPEC, known as NOPEC, the head of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Count...
Apr 22, 2021
Biden to propose hike in capital gains taxes to pay for more child care – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will propose plans next week to hike taxes on the wealthy to fund major investments in child care, universal pre-kindergarten education, and paid leave ...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. administers 218.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 218,947,643 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country and distributed 282,183,915 doses as of Thursday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Apr 22, 2021
U.N. Security Council notes concern over humanitarian situation in Tigray
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Thursday expressed concern about the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia's Tigray region and allegations of human rights violations, includ...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. seeks to conserve more farmland as crop prices climb
By Tom Polansek and Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Biden administration hopes to convince farmers to set aside four million more of acres of land for conservation this year by raising payment rate...
Apr 22, 2021
LinkedIn-backed Confluent confidentially files for U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - Confluent Inc, a real-time event streaming platform, has confidentially submitted paperwork for a U.S. initial public offering, joining hundreds of other tech startups that are looking to ...
Apr 22, 2021
