Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. gives investors until 2022 to divest from sanctioned Russian co GAZ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday granted investors another year to divest from Russian automaker GAZ PAO, a company linked to sanctioned Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska. The U.S. Tr...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. extends protection for Citgo from PDVSA creditors through July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday extended a measure barring transactions related to Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela's 2020 bond until July 2021, ami...
Dec 23, 2020
New COVID-19 variant present in Ireland – preliminary data
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish health chiefs believe a new variant of the coronavirus found in neighbouring Britain is present in Ireland, but not solely responsible for a rapid spread in the disease. The l...
Dec 23, 2020
Corporate activists return ‘full steam,’ eye 2021, after pandemic muted activity
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investors have ramped up demands for operational fixes, refreshed boards and sales of lackluster businesses in the last few months of 2020, a rush th...
Dec 23, 2020
Head of election monitoring group gunned down in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) - A prominent advocate of democracy in Afghanistan who headed an election monitoring organisation was gunned down on Wednesday in a Kabul neighbourhood, drawing widespread condemnation...
Dec 23, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. preparing new sanctions to impede Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is urging European allies and private companies to halt work that could help build the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and is preparing wid...
Dec 23, 2020
Trump’s COVID bill delay leaves millions of desperate Americans in limbo
By Jonnelle Marte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's threat late Tuesday to veto the $892 billion coronavirus relief bill approved by Congress this week may delay aid for millions of fami...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. immigration arrests down 27% in 2020, a trend activists hope Biden will continue
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. immigration arrests fell by 27% in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic led to fewer border crossings and reduced operations, a falloff that pro-immigrant activis...
Dec 23, 2020
Spain to receive 350,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine per week
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will receive 350,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech per week starting on Saturday, with a total of nearly 4.6 million to be delivered over the next 12 weeks, Heal...
Dec 23, 2020
Taiwan cancels, curbs gatherings after new local COVID-19 case -Xinhua
(Reuters) - Taiwan's tourism department on Wednesday cancelled an annual New Year celebration at the northeastern tip of the island, the Xinhua news agency reported, after a report of the first locall...
Dec 23, 2020
