Author Archives: Syndicated Content
How the U.S. stock market has treated new presidents
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is likely to start his term faced with the worst public health crisis in decades and an economy still reeling from a sharp coronavir...
Nov 11, 2020
Canary Islands hotels ask Spain, EU to act on migrant crisis
MADRID (Reuters) - Canary Islands hoteliers called for action to tackle a resurgent migrant crisis by the Spanish government and the European Union, saying on Wednesday that they could not allocate mo...
Nov 11, 2020
Israel in talks with Pfizer over potential COVID-19 vaccine, PM says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is in talks with drugmaker Pfizer Inc over its potential COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, although it has not signed any deals yet. P...
Nov 11, 2020
Countries in Americas not ready for vaccines that need very cold storage: PAHO
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Less developed countries in the Americas are not ready to handle messenger RNA vaccines, such as the one developed by Pfizer Inc, that need very low storage temperatures of minus ...
Nov 11, 2020
Colombia hopes to maintain U.S. investment under new administration
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia hopes the U.S. government under President-elect Joe Biden will maintain a $5 billion investment program to boost economic and social development, as we...
Nov 11, 2020
CAS decision on Russia ban must be unambiguous: IOC’s Bach
BERLIN (Reuters) - A verdict by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Russia's appeal of a four-year ban over doping must be unambiguous so it is implemented ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, the Int...
Nov 11, 2020
Stockholm rushes to stem nursing home COVID surge with visit ban, quick tests
By Colm Fulton and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Stockholm scrambled on Wednesday to curb COVID-19 infections at its nursing homes, reimposing a ban on visits and piloting rapid-result coronavi...
Nov 11, 2020
BC Mayor Behnke tests positive for COVID-19
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – One week after he became the first citizen elected Battle Creek Mayor, it was announced during Tuesday’s Battle Creek City Commission meeting that Mayor Mar...
Nov 11, 2020
North Korea dubs global atomic watchdog a ‘dancing marionette’
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea on Wednesday dubbed the global atomic watchdog "a marionette dancing to the tune of the hostile forces" as the International Atomic Energy Ag...
Nov 11, 2020
Greece to offer 50% tax break for returning professionals and ‘digital migrants’
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is preparing a law that will offer a hefty tax incentive to workers who move there from abroad, with the aim of creating more professional jobs and reversing its crisis-era b...
Nov 11, 2020
