Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil set to pass 300,000 deaths as Bolsonaro pledges more COVID-19 coordination
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil is set to pass 300,000 COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, as President Jair Bolsonaro faces growing pressure to take the snowballing outbreak more serious...
Mar 24, 2021
SPAC trading pops deflate as ‘exuberance and greed’ depart
By Joshua Franklin and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Wall Street's appetite for new special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) shows signs of waning. First-day trading pops, or share price rises, for SPAC...
Mar 24, 2021
Fed’s Daly says expect a ‘dose of patience’ on rates
(Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Wednesday said the U.S. central bank won't be taking the "punchbowl" preemptively from the economy as the recovery picks up and unemplo...
Mar 24, 2021
Vienna, nearby provinces reinstating lockdown over Easter, minister says
VIENNA (Reuters) - Vienna and two nearby provinces are reinstating a lockdown with all-day restrictions on movement over Easter, shifting from the current nighttime curfew to ease pressure on hospital...
Mar 24, 2021
Transgender women facing homosexuality charges in Cameroon denied bail
DOUALA (Reuters) - Two transgender women facing charges of "attempted homosexuality" in Cameroon were denied bail on Wednesday after a judge adjourned their case and sent them back to jail, their lawy...
Mar 24, 2021
Finland proposes locking down Helsinki for first time during the pandemic
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The Finnish government on Wednesday proposed placing five cities under lockdown, including the capital Helsinki, and only allowing people to leave their homes for limited reasons,...
Mar 24, 2021
Colombia’s Celsia to invest $947 million in projects, including solar energy
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian power company Celsia will invest some 3.4 trillion pesos ($947 million) this year as it focuses on expanding its solar energy capacity, as well as in gas generation, among...
Mar 24, 2021
Merkel rejects calls for vote of confidence over handling of coronavirus pandemic
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday rejected demands by the opposition to ask parliament for a vote of confidence in her government over rising discontent with her handling...
Mar 24, 2021
Caribbean appeals to Biden to share vaccines with U.S. ‘third border’
By Sarah Marsh and Linda Hutchinson-Jafar HAVANA (Reuters) - Several Caribbean island nations have issued a plea to the United States to share its stockpile of COVID-19 vaccines with the region as it ...
Mar 24, 2021
USDA dedicates $6 billion to help small, disadvantaged farmers hurt by pandemic
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday it will dedicate at least $6 billion to expand financial assistance for farmers hurt by the pandemic, including small and socia...
Mar 24, 2021
