Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump announces new Cuba-related sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced new sanctions related to Cuba on Wednesday that will prohibit Americans from staying at properties owned by the Cuban government as well as...
Sep 23, 2020
U.S. markets regulator to vote on raising thresholds for shareholder proposals
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is set to vote on Wednesday on making it tougher for shareholders to push companies on issues such as climate chang...
Sep 23, 2020
Robots target coronavirus with ultraviolet light at London train station
LONDON (Reuters) - Robots that can kill the coronavirus with ultraviolet light have been brought in at one of London's biggest train stations, St Pancras International, as it tries to restore customer...
Sep 23, 2020
Polish coal miners expand underground protest against restructuring
WARSAW (Reuters) - Around 200 miners at mines owned by Poland's biggest coal producer PGG who are protesting at government plans to restructure the industry refused to return the surface on Wednesday,...
Sep 23, 2020
U.S. FDA head tells Senate hearing COVID-19 vaccine safety comes first
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday told a U.S. Senate hearing that the agency will vet the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, downplaying t...
Sep 23, 2020
Russia, China, Iran are all a threat to U.S. elections: Acting Homeland Security Secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Wednesday that Russia, China and Iran are all a threat to U.S. elections through influence campaigns. But Wolf told a c...
Sep 23, 2020
Volkswagen reveals ID.4 electric SUV with 250-mile range
(Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's U.S. subsidiary on Wednesday revealed its electric sport utility vehicle ID.4, which it aims to begin selling in the first quarter of 2021, and said the compact EV will hav...
Sep 23, 2020
White House is accused of wrongly intervening to block John Bolton book
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - White House officials were accused on Wednesday of improperly trying to block former national security adviser John Bolton from releasing his best-selling memoir by fal...
Sep 23, 2020
Tinkoff founder pledges to keep grip on bank amid plans for sale to Yandex
By Alexander Marrow and Andrey Ostroukh MOSCOW (Reuters) - The brand of online Russian bank Tinkoff will live on despite its proposed sale to technology giant Yandex , the bank's founder said on Wedne...
Sep 23, 2020
White supremacists most persistent extremist threat to U.S. politics: Homeland Security head
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a congressional hearing on Wednesday that white supremacists are the most persistent extremist threat in U.S. politics, but in ...
Sep 23, 2020
