Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pelosi: continuity of government in place after Trump tests positive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the plans for continuing government should President Donald Trump become incapacitated remain in place, after Trump teste...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. panel urges government to join WHO-led COVID-19 vaccine facility
(Reuters) - The United States should opt into the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, an independent expert panel tapped by top U.S. health officials to adv...
Oct 02, 2020
Supreme Court will consider FCC effort to loosen media ownership rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will take up a long-running legal dispute over whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can loosen U.S. media ownership rules...
Oct 02, 2020
Two weeks after blockade easing, Libya triples oil production
LONDON (Reuters) - Two weeks into an easing of a blockade by eastern forces on Libya's oil infrastructure, the OPEC member is seeing a ramp up in oil production, which has risen nearly three-fold to h...
Oct 02, 2020
Russian journalist dies after setting herself on fire: local media
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian journalist died on Friday after setting herself on fire in front of the local branch of the interior ministry in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, a day after her apartment was...
Oct 02, 2020
Supreme Court takes up energy companies’ appeal over Baltimore climate suit
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by energy companies including BP PLC, Chevron Corp, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell PLC conte...
Oct 02, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Republican appeal in Arizona voting fight
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by Arizona Republicans to enforce two voting restrictions in the state that were struck down by a lower court as dispr...
Oct 02, 2020
Racial gap in U.S. jobless rate narrows for first time in five months
(Reuters) - The gap in unemployment rates between Blacks and whites in the United States narrowed for the first time in five months in September, after having mushroomed to the widest in nearly six ye...
Oct 02, 2020
Canada joins countries in real-time AstraZeneca COVID vaccine review
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada launched a real-time review of data from AstraZeneca and Oxford University's potential COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, the latest country to speed up its approva...
Oct 02, 2020
Pompeo says Asia trip next week goes ahead despite Trump virus test
ZAGREB (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday he will go ahead with a trip to Asia next week after President Donald Trump tested positive for coronavirus. Pompeo made the remar...
Oct 02, 2020
