Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Scattered U.S. vaccine shortages halt some COVID-19 inoculations
By Peter Szekely NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scattered vaccine shortages cropped up on the front lines of the U.S. battle against the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, prompting at least one large healthcare s...
Jan 15, 2021
WhatsApp to delay launch of new business features after privacy backlash
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc's WhatsApp is delaying the roll out of new business features following user backlash over the company's data sharing practices. The delay is a setback for WhatsApp's plan to g...
Jan 15, 2021
Trump receives Morocco’s highest award for Middle East work: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday received Morocco's highest award for his work in advancing a normalization deal between Israel and Morocco, a senior administration officia...
Jan 15, 2021
Euro zone trade surplus rises year-on-year in November despite slowdown
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone's trade surplus rose as expected in November despite a economic slowdown and falling trade turnover, mainly thanks to a better trade balance with Russia, Turkey, Nor...
Jan 15, 2021
Colombia to keep land, river borders closed until March
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will keep its land and river borders closed until March 1 as it tries to curb the spread of coronavirus, its migration agency said on Friday, following a decision to extend...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to hold Jan. 21 hearing for transportation nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a Jan. 21 confirmation hearing on the nomination of former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg to head the Transportation Depar...
Jan 15, 2021
31.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 12.3 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 12,279,180 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 31,161,075 doses. The...
Jan 15, 2021
Global COVID-19 death toll tops 2 million
By Shaina Ahluwalia and Kavya B (Reuters) - The worldwide coronavirus death toll surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as nations around the world are trying to procure multiple...
Jan 15, 2021
Fed’s Rosengren says need to keep buying MBS, Treasuries
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said on Friday he welcomes President-elect Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus package as "big" but "appropriate," and signa...
Jan 15, 2021
Net proceeds in key U.S. spectrum auction tops $80 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said that the first phase in the largest auction of mid-band 5G spectrum to date had raised a record $80.9 billion in gross proceeds. The s...
Jan 15, 2021
