Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Peruvian president ‘deplores’ two deaths in farm workers protest, vows to sanction police
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's President Francisco Sagasti has vowed tough action against police after two people, including a teenager, were killed during protests by farm workers over a new controversial a...
Dec 31, 2020
Exclusive: Drugmakers to hike prices for 2021 as pandemic, political pressure put revenues at risk
By Michael Erman and Carl O'Donnell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers including Pfizer Inc, Sanofi SA, and GlaxoSmithKline Plc plan to raise U.S. prices on more than 300 drugs in the United States on Ja...
Dec 31, 2020
Twenty die in Algeria road accident
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Twenty people, mostly African nationals, died on Thursday when a vehicle carrying them overturned in southern Algeria, the civil protection agency said. Eleven people aboard the ve...
Dec 31, 2020
Brazil’s Fiocruz to seek emergency use of British COVID-19 vaccine
By Anthony Boadle and Sergio Queiroz BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Fiocruz biomedical center will request authorization for emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZenec...
Dec 31, 2020
Mexican pilots reject alternative cost plan in Aeromexico overhaul
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican pilots have rejected a cost-saving plan put forward by their own trade union amid talks aimed at agreeing how to restructure airline Grupo Aeromexico, the ASPA union sa...
Dec 31, 2020
Bitcoin touches record above $29,000, extending 2020 rally
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - The price of Bitcoin topped $29,000 on Thursday for the first time, with the digital currency almost quadrupling in value this year amid heightened interest from i...
Dec 31, 2020
More than 2.8 million have voted early in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 2.8 million Georgians have voted so far in a U.S. Senate runoff election, according to state data published on Thursday about the closely watched race t...
Dec 31, 2020
U.S. stock funds record $354 million inflow in week -Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S.-based equity funds in the week ended Wednesday posted inflows of $354 million, according to Lipper. Taxable bond funds attracted $9.527 billion, the biggest inflow in eleven weeks, wh...
Dec 31, 2020
After golden year for precious metals, silver set to shine in 2021
By Peter Hobson (Reuters) - After a spectacular year, precious metals are set for further gains in 2021, with silver tipped to outperform, but analysts are growing more cautious about the prospects fo...
Dec 31, 2020
Ontario finance minister resigns amid outrage over Caribbean holiday
By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario's Finance Minister Rod Phillips resigned on Thursday after public outrage over a Caribbean vacation he took earlier this month in violation of his own gover...
Dec 31, 2020
