Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Panthers’ Okung to be first player paid in digital currency
More than a year and a half after expressing his desire to be paid in Bitcoin, Carolina Panthers offensive lineman Russell Okung is getting his wish. Okung posted the news Monday on Twitter, while quo...
Dec 29, 2020
Blackhawks captain Toews ‘drained and lethargic,’ out indefinitely
Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is sidelined indefinitely by an unidentified illness, he said Tuesday. "This offseason, I've been experiencing symptoms that have left me feeling drained and ...
Dec 29, 2020
EU governments approve Brexit trade deal – German EU presidency
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments approved on Tuesday a trade deal regulating relations between the 27-nation bloc and Britain, paving the way for its provisional application from Jan 1,...
Dec 29, 2020
Russia labels domestic violence NGO ‘foreign agent’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Justice Ministry on Tuesday added a prominent organisation supporting victims of domestic violence to its list of "foreign agents", prompting outrage among women's groups a...
Dec 29, 2020
UK’s Brexit hardliners agree to vote for EU trade deal
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - A group of staunchly pro-Brexit lawmakers from Prime Minster Boris Johnson's Conservatives will back his UK-EU trade deal in parliament on Wednesday after they decide...
Dec 29, 2020
Denmark to extend lockdown measures until Jan. 17 – TV2
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's government will extend a hard lockdown for two weeks until Jan. 17 to limit the spread of COVID-19, broadcaster TV2 reported on Tuesday citing unnamed sources. The ext...
Dec 29, 2020
Fed extends Main Street Lending Program to Jan. 8
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Tuesday said it had extended the termination date for its Main Street Lending Program to Jan. 8, 2021, from Dec. 31, 2020, to allow more time to process and fund loa...
Dec 29, 2020
First U.S. commercial Boeing 737 MAX since 2019 departs Miami
(Reuters) - Boeing's 737 MAX resumed passenger flights in the United States for the first time on Tuesday after a 20-month safety ban was lifted last month. American Airlines Flight 718 departed Miami...
Dec 29, 2020
Vietnam, Britain sign free trade deal, to take effect Dec. 31
HANOI (Reuters) - Britain and Vietnam signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday, Vietnamese state media reported, days before Britain completes its transition out of the European Union. The deal, which...
Dec 29, 2020
Argentina begins COVID vaccination drive with Russia’s Sputnik V
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina began to vaccinate its citizens against the coronavirus on Tuesday using 300,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine delivered last week, the government said. Lat...
Dec 29, 2020
