Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Two bars for bitcoins: owner in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen selling out for cryptocurrency
By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - Patrick Hughes has put his two side-by-side bars in New York's Hell's Kitchen, Hellcat Annie's and Scruffy Duffy's, up for sale - for 25 bitcoins or 800 Et...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
New York City to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings by 2030: mayor
(Reuters) - New York City this week said it will join a growing list of U.S. cities banning natural gas hookups in new buildings. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday as part of his Sta...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
EU restricts vaccine supply to Northern Ireland, UK considering response
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union moved on Friday to restrict exports of COVID-19 vaccines into Northern Ireland by overriding parts of the Brexit deal's Protocol, sparking widespread anger from p...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
United Airlines says 14,000 jobs at risk when payroll aid expires
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines said on Friday that it has sent warnings of potential furloughs to some 14,000 employees whose jobs are at risk once a second round of payroll support for airlines ...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
U.S. weighs prioritizing entrance of vulnerable migrants trapped in Mexico under MPP
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is looking into prioritizing the entrance into the U.S. of vulnerable migrants trapped in Mexico under the previous administratio...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
Get the Bernie look, or something like it, with Vermont knitter’s mittens
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders may be an unlikely fashion trendsetter but memes of his Inauguration Day mittens sparked demand for lookalikes that is keeping a Vermont kni...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
U.S. workplace safety agency issues new COVID-19 guidance for employers
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor office that enforces workplace safety laws on Friday encouraged employers to take additional steps to protect workers amid the COVID-19 pand...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
Factbox: With strokes of pen, Biden overturns Trump policies and fights COVID-19
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In his first days in office, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a wave of executive orders and proclamations aimed at dismantling some of former President Donald Trump's agenda and b...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
Canada judge rejects Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s request for looser bail terms
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's request to loosen the bail terms set during her release from jail in 2018 has been rejected, a Canadian judge ruled on Friday, as sh...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
Spain’s COVID-19 death toll rises by over 500, hospitals under pressure
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's death toll from COVID-19 rose by 513 on Friday to 58,319, in one of the highest one-day increases since the first wave of the pandemic, health ministry data showed. It said ...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021

