Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Girl power returns to Indy 500 with women-led team
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Women are poised to return to the Indianapolis 500 starting grid this year with a female-led ownership group and driver that could herald a new era in IndyCar racing, Indi...
Jan 19, 2021
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny makes allegations of Putin wealth ahead of protests
By Andrew Osborn and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic who was jailed at the weekend, on Tuesday released a video in which he...
Jan 19, 2021
Abbott’s COVID-19 antigen test may help with faster detection, isolation: CDC
By Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories' rapid COVID-19 antigen test is highly likely to correctly detect if people have ever contracted the virus and could help with earlier isolation, a...
Jan 19, 2021
Peru says Sinopharm, Pfizer seek approval for their COVID-19 vaccines
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - China's Sinopharm Group and Pfizer Inc have requested approval for use of their COVID-19 vaccines in Peru as the Andean country grapples with a second wave of the coro...
Jan 19, 2021
Backers of IP waiver for COVID-19 drugs make fresh push at WTO
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - South Africa and India argued in favour of a waiver of intellectual property rights on COVID-19 drugs and vaccines at a closed-door meeting of the World Trade Organiza...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. blacklists oil traders, tankers for undermining Venezuela sanctions
By Brian Ellsworth and Marianna Parraga CARACAS/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday sanctioned a network of oil trading firms, individuals and vessels that have helped Venezuelan stat...
Jan 19, 2021
Billionaire businessman Joe Ricketts launching news outlet
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Billionaire businessman and founder of TD Ameritrade Joe Ricketts is launching a new national outlet to deliver news "without opinion or bias," a spokesperson said on Tuesd...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court wrestles with dispute over Baltimore climate suit
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared to lean toward energy companies in a dispute over a lawsuit filed by the city of Baltimore seeking monetary da...
Jan 19, 2021
France reports 23,608 new COVID-19 cases over 24 hours
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 23,608 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, up from 3,736 on Monday and from 19,752 last Tuesday while hospitalisations in intensive care units were also on the r...
Jan 19, 2021
On eve of Biden, EU arms itself for trade disputes
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is arming itself with a new ability to impose punitive tariffs on the United States and other trading rivals that refuse to resolve dispute...
Jan 19, 2021
