Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Top U.S. House Republican on tax policy to retire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Kevin Brady, one of the Republican Party's leading voices on tax policy in Congress, announced on Wednesday that he will retire from the House of Representat...
Apr 14, 2021
Exclusive: Olympics-COVID cuts hit anti-doping program at Tokyo Games
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Anti-Doping accreditations for the Tokyo Olympics have been cut due to COVID-19 but the core management team in charge of delivering a drug-free Games will remain intact, ...
Apr 14, 2021
U.S. FTC commissioners to testify on anti-fraud efforts during pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission will testify to Congress next week to discuss the agency's anti-fraud efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly its abilit...
Apr 14, 2021
Empty middle airplane seat could cut coronavirus exposure by up to 57%: CDC
(Reuters) - A vacant middle airplane seat could cut the risk of exposure to coronavirus by 23% to 57% compared with a full flight, according to a study on physical distancing onboard released on Wedne...
Apr 14, 2021
Turkey logs highest daily COVID-19 infections, deaths since pandemic started: data
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey recorded 62,797 new coronavirus cases and 279 deaths in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Wednesday, registering the highest daily death toll and rise in case...
Apr 14, 2021
Exclusive: India, Pakistan held secret talks to try to break Kashmir impasse
By Sanjeev Miglani and Asif Shahzad NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort to calm military tension over the disp...
Apr 14, 2021
U.S. hearing on China competition told research funding falling behind
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. investment in research and development has reached its lowest level decades while that in the rest of the world has soared, the head...
Apr 14, 2021
U.S. Senate votes 53-45 to confirm Gary Gensler as Biden’s SEC chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 53-45 on Wednesday to confirm former derivative markets regulator Gary Gensler as head of the country's top securities markets regulator, spelling a toughe...
Apr 14, 2021
Portugal extends COVID-19 emergency until end of April
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament extended on Wednesday a state of emergency for 15 days as health experts warned that a gradual relaxation of strict lockdown rules now underway could soon lead...
Apr 14, 2021
Botswana bans poultry imports from South Africa after avian flu outbreak
GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana has banned the importation of poultry and poultry products from South Africa after an outbreak of avian influenza was detected on a chicken farm in South Africa, the agri...
Apr 14, 2021
