Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Emerging central banks cut rates in February but there are signs of change
By Karin Strohecker and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Emerging market central banks delivered a net two interest rate cuts in February though signs are increasing that an easing cycle which start...
Mar 05, 2021
‘Coronavirus can’t kill me now’; Africans cheer rollout of COVAX vaccinations
By Camillus Eboh and Omar Mohammed ABUJA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Nigeria, Kenya and Rwanda started inoculating frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable citizens against COVID-19 on Friday as Africa, th...
Mar 05, 2021
Start work on vaccination certificates, von der Leyen tells EU
MILAN (Reuters) - EU governments must immediately begin technical work to ensure a COVID-19 vaccination certificate system can be introduced across the 27-member bloc in time for summer, European Comm...
Mar 05, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats to offer plan to alter jobless benefits in COVID-19 aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal and moderate Democrats reached a deal that would scale back federal unemployment benefits in a COVID-19 aid bill to $300 per week, from the proposed $400, a Senate Democ...
Mar 05, 2021
Barcelona to hold rock concert for 5,000 after COVID-free trial
BARCELONA (Reuters) - One of Barcelona's top music venues will hold a concert for 5,000 people later this month after no COVID-19 cases were reported at a pilot project using same-day testing. No soci...
Mar 05, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court dismisses ‘sanctuary’ funding dispute
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court has dismissed three pending appeals on former President Donald Trump's effort to withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement funds from ...
Mar 05, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. government eyes Virginia military base to house migrant children amid border surge
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is evaluating a Virginia military base as a possible site to house unaccompanied migrant children amid a sharp rise in migrants arriving at the...
Mar 05, 2021
Goldman poised to make $200 million profit off Texas deep freeze: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Traders at Goldman Sachs Group Inc are set to bring in significant profits from the freeze that led to a major blackout across U.S. states last month, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Th...
Mar 05, 2021
Norwegian Air seeks to repudiate Boeing contracts in Irish court
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Norwegian Air is seeking to repudiate three aircraft sales contracts with Boeing as part of its restructuring process in Ireland, a lawyer representing the airline to Ireland's High...
Mar 05, 2021
Walter Gretzky, father of ice hockey great Wayne, dies at 82
(Reuters) - Walter Gretzky, who recognized his son Wayne's prodigious talent and helped shape him into the National Hockey League's all-time leading scorer, has died aged 82. His death was confirmed o...
Mar 05, 2021
