Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden meets Republican senators as quest for infrastructure deal continues
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden sat down with a handful of Republican senators on Thursday, continuing a quest for a bipartisan compromise on his more than $2 trillion infr...
May 13, 2021
Exclusive: Russian climate envoy calls race to tighten emissions targets “unreasonable”
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's climate envoy described a recent global trend towards ambitious new targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as an "unreasonable race", saying Moscow wou...
May 13, 2021
Netanyahu poised to gain political lifeline as violence flares
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Civil unrest between Jews and Arabs in Israel dealt a strong blow on Thursday to efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main political rival Yair Lapid to form a new gove...
May 13, 2021
U.S. Marine officer first active-duty military charged in U.S. Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine Corps major is the first active-duty member of the military charged with taking part in the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors said on T...
May 13, 2021
UniCredit shareholder BlackRock voted against CEO pay
MILAN (Reuters) - UniCredit's top investor BlackRock voted against the remuneration package that last month turned the Italian bank's new boss Andrea Orcel into one of Europe's highest paid bank chief...
May 13, 2021
U.S. brings back climate change website detailing ongoing threats
By Andrea Januta (Reuters) - After years of delays during the Trump administration, the EPA released its new climate indicators, which show Americans are already feeling effects on their health and sa...
May 13, 2021
White House labor task force will discuss using federal resources to help workers unionize
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House labor task force, headed by Vice President Kamala Harris, is set to hold its first meeting on Thursday afternoon, to discuss ways to mobilize the...
May 13, 2021
Kenyan court slams brakes on president’s constitutional changes
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's High Court ruled on Thursday that a drive by President Uhuru Kenyatta to change the constitution was illegal, stopping what his critics have called a polit...
May 13, 2021
U.S. senator floats bill to aid states hit by federal oil leasing pause
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich on Thursday introduced a bill that would help states that rely on oil and gas revenue weather the U.S. transition away fr...
May 13, 2021
Three rockets launched toward Israel from Lebanon, no damage -Israeli military
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Three rockets were launched from Lebanon toward northern Israel on Thursday but landed in the Mediterranean Sea, causing no damage or casualties, the Israeli military said. A Leba...
May 13, 2021
