Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer: How does Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard policy work?
By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada published the draft Clean Fuel Standard this month, which is central to the ruling Liberal Party's commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions 30% be...
Dec 29, 2020
Lebanon can stretch reserves for subsidies another six months, PM says
By Ellen Francis and Maha El Dahan BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon can ration $2 billion in reserves left for subsidies to last six more months, the caretaker prime minister said on Tuesday, as the country...
Dec 29, 2020
Blackhawks captain Toews out indefinitely with illness
(Reuters) - Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews said on Tuesday he will not report to training camp next month ahead of the NHL season and will be out indefinitely due to a medical issue. The 32...
Dec 29, 2020
Governor signs Michigan COVID-19 relief plan, no timeline yet for money distribution
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/AM) – Governor Gretchen Whitmer Tuesday morning signed the bipartisan relief bill that the Michigan legislature passed last week, with the money designed to provide support ...
Dec 29, 2020
Nigeria warns on oxygen supplies, dysfunctional labs in tackling COVID
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria faces oxygen supply challenges to treat coronavirus patients in parts of the country and unacceptable laboratory delays as case numbers rose to the highest recorded in a sing...
Dec 29, 2020
UAE reports ‘limited number’ of cases of new coronavirus variant
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has discovered a "limited number" of cases of people infected with the new coronavirus variant in the country, a government official said, the fi...
Dec 29, 2020
U.S. announces railroads, transit systems meet key safety deadline
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department announced Tuesday that anti-derailment technology positive train control, or PTC, is in operation on all required railroad...
Dec 29, 2020
U.S.’s COVID test requirement for UK travelers should extend to other nations -U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. public health official on Tuesday said the coronavirus testing the United States now is requiring for travelers from Britain should probably be extended to other c...
Dec 29, 2020
Exclusive-Chile could greenlight AstraZeneca vaccine ‘within days of US/UK approval’ -government
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has filed data with Chilean regulators for the emergency roll-out of its COVID-19 vaccine in the country and could get a green light "weeks or even da...
Dec 29, 2020
Chile records first case of British variant of coronavirus – health ministry
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile said on Tuesday it had recorded its first case of the British variant of coronavirus, prompting health authorities to reinstate a mandatory quarantine period for all visitor...
Dec 29, 2020
