Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, but the legislation is not expected to advance further as lo...
Dec 04, 2020
Shields ready to fight in the ring, in the cage and for a cause
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Claressa Shields has scaled the Olympic peak, ruled over women's boxing but is looking for new mountains to climb by conquering the world of mixed martial arts, becoming t...
Dec 04, 2020
Italy to discuss on Monday plans to use resources from EU’s Recovery Fund
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's cabinet will meet on Dec. 7 to discuss the country's national recovery plan, a statement from the Prime Minister's office said on Friday. Rome is expected to receive more than...
Dec 04, 2020
NHL aiming for mid-January start to new season, reports say
(Reuters) - The National Hockey League (NHL) is targeting a mid-January start to its season that would wrap up the Stanley Cup Final in July, according to multiple media reports on Friday. According t...
Dec 04, 2020
Canada exercises option to buy 20 million more doses of Moderna vaccine
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has exercised its option to purchase an additional 20 million doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said on Friday. Anand also said FedEx ...
Dec 04, 2020
Factbox: Investigations facing the world’s biggest commodity traders
LONDON (Reuters) - Global energy trader Vitol SA settled probes by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) this week for oil bribes in Brazil, Ecu...
Dec 04, 2020
NXP Semiconductors raising prices after product shortages, cost increases: letter
(Reuters) - Dutch automotive chip supplier NXP Semiconductors has told customers that it must raise prices on all products because it is facing a "significant increase" in materials costs and a "sever...
Dec 04, 2020
Moderna CEO confident of producing 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in 2021
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc will be able to produce 500 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, Chief Executive Officer Stphane Bancel said on Friday "For 500 million, I am very comfortable we are ...
Dec 04, 2020
OSCE agrees to fill four top jobs, ending months-long impasse
VIENNA (Reuters) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which includes Russia and the United States and other former Cold War foes, formally agreed on Friday to fill four of its to...
Dec 04, 2020
Austria starts mass coronavirus tests in run-up to Christmas
VIENNA (Reuters) - Three of Austria's nine provinces on Friday kicked off a national effort to test as much of the population as possible before Christmas, to limit infections when families meet. Appa...
Dec 04, 2020
