Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil’s Bolsonaro recognizes Biden victory, reaches out to president-elect
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he had begun the process of reaching out formally to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, making the far-right South American leader ...
Dec 15, 2020
Mexico’s foreign minister says expects a rise in migration to the United States
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday said he expects migration to the United States to increase and added his government wants to convince Washington to change i...
Dec 15, 2020
Facebook to lift post-election political ad ban in Georgia
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it would lift a temporary post-election ban on political ads in Georgia from Dec. 16 due to runoff elections happening in the state. The ban on political ...
Dec 15, 2020
McConnell urged Republican senators not to object when Congress ratifies presidential votes -New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and his top deputies pressed other Senate Republicans on Tuesday not to join in with any House Republicans who may object to the pr...
Dec 15, 2020
U.S. tariffs over currency issue would harm ties with Vietnam -U.S. Chamber
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday urged the U.S. government not to impose tariffs on Vietnam over the alleged undervaluation of its currency, saying Vietnam did not meet t...
Dec 15, 2020
Citigroup appoints Peter Kimpel as head of BCMA for Germany and Austria
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc on Tuesday appointed Peter Kimpel as the bank's head of banking, capital markets and advisory (BCMA) for Germany and Austria. Kimpel's appointment was announced in a memo by ...
Dec 15, 2020
Sorenstam to play at Tournament of Champions
Annika Sorenstam will return to active competition in January when she competes in the 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions near Orlando, Fla. The tournament, which will be contested at Four S...
Dec 15, 2020
OCA chief seeks ‘win-win’ solution as Doha, Riyadh contest Asian Games bid
(Reuters) - Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) chief Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Saba said on Tuesday he was looking for a solution where Doha and Riyadh will get to host the Asian Games in the future as both...
Dec 15, 2020
Mackenzie Scott donates over $4 billion toward relief funds, food banks
(Reuters) - MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon.com Inc billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, has donated over $4.1 billion in the last four months to food banks and emergency relief funds. In a Medium blogp...
Dec 15, 2020
Black, minority women in Canada left behind in COVID-19 job recovery
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, women of color in Canada still face far higher unemployment than white women, official data shows, in part because they tend ...
Dec 15, 2020
