Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Criticized by President, Mexico auditor backtracks on airport cancellation cost
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Federal Audit Office (ASF) retracted a report that found President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's decision to cancel a partly built airport in Mexico City had cost 332 ...
Feb 23, 2021
Wife of Mexican drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ appears in U.S. court
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, made her initial appearance in a federal court in...
Feb 23, 2021
Iraq militia denies role in anti-U.S. attacks, welcomes pressure on Saudi
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iran-aligned Iraqi militia group on Tuesday denied any role in recent rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq, but said an attack against Saudi Arabia last month was justifi...
Feb 23, 2021
UN urges Colombia to fulfill peace deal, stem violence
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government must improve its protection of human rights activists and civilians, be more present in remote, poor areas, and fully implement a peace de...
Feb 23, 2021
Exclusive: AstraZeneca to miss second-quarter EU vaccine supply target by half – EU official
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca expects to deliver less than half the COVID-19 vaccines it was contracted to supply the European Union in the second quarter, an EU official tol...
Feb 23, 2021
Georgia Republican Perdue will not seek Senate return in 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Republican U.S. Senator David Perdue, who lost his seat last month in a hotly contested run-off election, said on Tuesday he will not run again in 2022 against newly-elec...
Feb 23, 2021
Exclusive: ‘Perfect trips’ – Venezuela ships jet fuel to Iran in exchange for gasoline, sources say
By Deisy Buitrago and Marianna Parraga CARACAS/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Venezuela is shipping jet fuel to Iran in return for vital gasoline imports for the South American nation as part of a swap deal ...
Feb 23, 2021
Treasury nominee Adeyemo says pandemic aid to poorest countries critical to U.S. interests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wally Adeyemo, President Joe Biden's nominee for the No. 2 job at the U.S. Treasury, said it was critical to end the COVID-19 pandemic everywhere around the globe, and doing so ...
Feb 23, 2021
Mark Cuban: Mavs are not shopping Kristaps Porzingis
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban shot down rumors that big man Kristaps Porzingis is on the trade block. Responding to multiple reports that Dallas was feeling out possible trade partners, Cuban issu...
Feb 23, 2021
Biden to travel to winter storm-battered Texas on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Texas on Friday to visit a state that has been hit hard by a winter storm, leading to mass power outages and a ...
Feb 23, 2021
