Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Syria to get first deliveries of COVAX vaccines within weeks: WHO official
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria will take delivery within weeks of its first COVID-19 vaccines from the global vaccine sharing platform COVAX, allowing it to kick off its national inocu...
Mar 17, 2021
‘At the limit’: Chile’s world-leading copper industry rejects lawmaker bid to hike taxes
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's sprawling copper industry has hit its limit in terms of tax burden, a senior industry executive told Reuters on Wednesday, warning lawmakers against a hi...
Mar 17, 2021
FCC begins effort to revoke two Chinese telecoms U.S. operating authority
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Wednesday it has begun the process of revoking the authority to provide domestic interstate and internati...
Mar 17, 2021
Airline consolidation set back five years, IATA chief says
By Laurence Frost and Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - The large-scale government intervention in airlines triggered by the coronavirus crisis will hold back sector consolidation for up to five years, the...
Mar 17, 2021
U.S Senate confirms Tai as U.S. Trade Representative in bipartisan vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed veteran trade lawyer Katherine Tai as the first woman of color to serve as U.S. Trade Representative in an overwhelming bipartisan vote. A...
Mar 17, 2021
Actor Johnny Depp seeks appeal in UK wife beater libel case
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Hollywood star Johnny Depp will seek permission on Thursday to appeal against his defeat in a London libel case last year over a tabloid article which labelled him...
Mar 17, 2021
Mars long ago was wet. You may be surprised where the water went
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mars was once a wet world, with abundant bodies of water on its surface. But this changed dramatically billions of years ago, leaving behind the desolate landscap...
Mar 17, 2021
Explainer: How worried should we be about reports of blood clots and AstraZeneca’s vaccine?
By Ludwig Burger and Matthias Blamont FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's drug watchdog is reviewing a small number of reports of bleeding, blood clots and low platelet counts in people who have rece...
Mar 17, 2021
Biden says ‘tough’ to meet May 1 deadline for Afghanistan troop pullout
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that it will be "tough" for him to meet a May 1 deadline to withdraw the last troops from...
Mar 17, 2021
Apollo-backed Sun Country Airlines jumps 38% in Nasdaq debut
(Reuters) - Shares of Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc, a low-cost carrier backed by private-equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc, jumped around 38% in their Nasdaq debut on Wednesday. The stock ...
Mar 17, 2021
