Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ex-pope Benedict chides ‘fanatical’ Catholics who reject his resignation
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Former pope Benedict has chided conservative Roman Catholics who have not accepted his decision to resign as "fanatical", telling them that there is only on...
Mar 01, 2021
Barkin: Fed’s rate guidance is ‘explicit,’ investors should watch outcomes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investors evaluating Fed policy should focus on the central bank's "explicit" guidance on its plans and the relevant economic outcomes, not on second-guessing far ahead of time ...
Mar 01, 2021
White House says Biden believes workers should have the right to organize
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden believes workers should have the right to organize but he will not comment on specific cases that are before the N...
Mar 01, 2021
Three new Ebola cases confirmed in Congo, two in Guinea
By Manojna Maddipatla GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Three new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing to 11 the number of cases since auth...
Mar 01, 2021
Slovakia buying two million Sputnik vaccines from Russia
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia is buying 2 million Sputnik V vaccines from Russia and expects half to arrive this month and next as it looks to step up vaccinations amid a surge in COVID-19 infections an...
Mar 01, 2021
English health authority says vaccines 80% effective at preventing hospitalisations in over-80s
LONDON (Reuters) - The Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalisations from COVID-19 in those over 80 after one dose of either shot, Public Health England (P...
Mar 01, 2021
To go electric, America needs more mines. Can it build them?
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - Last September, in the arid hills of northern Nevada, a cluster of flowers found nowhere else on earth died mysteriously overnight. Conservationists were quick to suspec...
Mar 01, 2021
UK health official says more data needed on vaccine effectiveness on Brazil variant
LONDON (Reuters) - More data is needed to access the effectiveness of vaccines against the so-called Brazil variant of COVID-19, an British health official said on Monday. "The current vaccines have n...
Mar 01, 2021
U.S. panel recommends export ‘choke points’ to prevent Chinese dominance in semiconductors
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - A U.S. national security commission on Monday recommended Congress tighten up "choke points" on chipmaking technology to prevent China from overtaking the United States i...
Mar 01, 2021
Exclusive: Goldman Sachs restarts cryptocurrency desk amid bitcoin boom
By Anna Irrera, Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has restarted its cryptocurrency trading desk and will begin dealing bitcoin futures and non-deliverable forw...
Mar 01, 2021
