Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Central bank digital cash could come to 20% of the world in three years: BIS
By Marc Jones and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Central banks representing one-fifth of the world's population are likely to issue their own digital currencies in the next three years, a survey by cen...
Jan 27, 2021
Fed’s Powell says he has received one dose of coronavirus vaccine
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that he has been vaccinated once against the coronavirus. Powell, 67, has received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, he told rep...
Jan 27, 2021
Canada PM Trudeau says EU’s transparency measures will not affect vaccine deliveries
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen earlier on Wednesday, and she assured him that the bloc's measures to tr...
Jan 27, 2021
Exclusive: Family of Black man killed by Cincinnati store owner seeks federal civil rights probe
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - The family of an unarmed Black man who was shot dead by a white store owner in Cincinnati asked the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to open a civil rights investigati...
Jan 27, 2021
PAHO expects COVAX facility vaccines to be deployed in Latin America as of March
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) expects the deployment of COVID-19 vaccine made available for poorer countries through the U.N.-led COVAX facility to start in March, w...
Jan 27, 2021
Morocco to start vaccinations on Thursday, palace says
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco will start its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus on Thursday, the royal palace said in a statement after receiving doses from AstraZeneca and Sinopharm. The palace...
Jan 27, 2021
Russia warns of delays in Sputnik V vaccine supply to Latin America
BUENOS AIRES/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's supply of its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to Latin America, a key overseas sales area, may be delayed by up to three weeks as production capacity is ramped up t...
Jan 27, 2021
Mexico’s richest man Carlos Slim hospitalized with COVID-19
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, remains hospitalized with COVID-19, spokesman Arturo Elias said on Wednesday. The 80-year-old telecoms magnate ...
Jan 27, 2021
Chad becomes first country to ask for debt overhaul under G20 common framework
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chad has officially requested a debt restructuring, the first country to do so under a new common framework agreed by Group of 20 major economies last year, the...
Jan 27, 2021
Penguins GM Jim Rutherford resigns
Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford, the architect of back-to-back Stanley Cup titles, resigned Wednesday for personal reasons. Patrik Allvin, the Penguins' assistant general manager, h...
Jan 27, 2021
