Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. designates Chinese organized crime leader in anti-corruption sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on Wan Kuok Kai, the leader of China's 14K Triad organized crime group and a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Chinese Peo...
Dec 09, 2020
DoorDash shares set to jump in blockbuster U.S. market debut
(Reuters) - Shares of DoorDash Inc were set to soar in their debut on Wednesday after the food delivery startup raised $3.37 billion in one of the biggest U.S. stock market launches so far in 2020. At...
Dec 09, 2020
France to press on with law on “unrepublican” behaviour
PARIS (Reuters) - France's government decided on Wednesday to press ahead with a law it says will crack down on practices that go against the values of the French Republic, such as forced marriage and...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. sanctions three individuals, three entities from Asia and Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has designated three individuals from Macau, Kyrgyzstan, and Liberia, and three entities from Hong Kong, Palau and Cambodia for sanctions under the Global Magn...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. job openings rise moderately; layoffs increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings increased modestly in October and layoffs rose, strengthening views that the labor recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was slowing. Job openings, a measure of ...
Dec 09, 2020
Trump EPA to announce higher bar for justifying new clean air regulations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will announce on Wednesday its final rule changing how the agency measures the costs and benefits of proposed new curbs on pollution, a ...
Dec 09, 2020
Don’t mix Sputnik vaccine with alcohol, says Russian official. Some recoil
By Polina Nikolskaya and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - A health official's warning that anyone getting vaccinated against COVID-19 with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine should give up alcohol for almost ...
Dec 09, 2020
‘We need help,’ says Stockholm healthcare chief as COVID fills intensive care wards
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The head of Stockholm's health service appealed to national authorities on Wednesday to send specialist nurses and other hospital staff as it struggles to cope with a second wave...
Dec 09, 2020
Biden agriculture pick to reassure farmers, disappoint activists
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack for U.S. agriculture secretary, according to two sources familiar with the decision, a choic...
Dec 09, 2020
Portugal border service chief quits after fatal beating of Ukrainian traveller
By Catarina Demony and Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) - The head of Portugal's SEF border service resigned on Wednesday after months of backlash over the fatal beating of a Ukrainian man detained...
Dec 09, 2020
