Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Senate panel to vote Wednesday on three Biden nominees, including trade pick Tai: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Finance Committee will vote on Wednesday on three nominees for key jobs in the Biden administration, including Katherine Tai as trade czar and California Attorney Gen...
Mar 01, 2021
U.S. Senate to begin debating COVID-19 bill this week -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will begin debating President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday. In remarks on the...
Mar 01, 2021
Israel to discuss COVID-19 vaccine venture with Austria, Denmark, Netanyahu says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will discuss the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine venture with Austria and Denmark, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz ...
Mar 01, 2021
U.S. to push for ‘intense’ U.N. Security Council talks on Myanmar
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Monday she hopes to use Washington's presidency of the United Nations Security Coun...
Mar 01, 2021
Twitter tackles COVID-19 vaccine misinformation with labels, strike policy
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter said it would apply warnings to tweets that contain misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and implement a strike system of enforcement that could see...
Mar 01, 2021
U.S. expected to sanction Russians over Navalny poisoning: sources
By Arshad Mohammed and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is expected to impose sanctions as early as this week on Russians connected to the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Nava...
Mar 01, 2021
Pilots union calls for government to act quickly on Alitalia revamp
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's new government must act quickly to break the deadlock over the revamp of Alitalia, the trade union representing the airline's pilots and flight attendants said ahead of state...
Mar 01, 2021
Venezuela’s oil exports rose in February pushed by larger fuel oil sales to Asia: data
By Marianna Parraga and Mircely Guanipa (Reuters) - Venezuela's oil exports rose in February to over 700,000 barrels per day (bpd), their highest level in 10 months, pushed by more sales of fuel oil c...
Mar 01, 2021
Johnson & Johnson waiting on new plant approval to ship high volumes of vaccine: executive
By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson is waiting on regulatory approval of a new, larger plant operated by contract manufacturer Catalent Inc to begin large-scale U.S. d...
Mar 01, 2021
UK’s Johnson vows his green agenda will not lead to any new tax rises – The Sun
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed in an interview with the Sun newspaper that his green agenda will not lead to any new tax rises. When also asked specifically if there would ...
Mar 01, 2021
