Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. ambassador to Russia visits jailed ex-Marine Reed
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Russia visited on Monday a former U.S. Marine who has just started a nine-year sentence in a Moscow jail, and said the United States was pushing for his relea...
Aug 31, 2020
Emergency authorisation of COVID-19 vaccines needs great care – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The emergency authorisation of COVID-19 vaccines requires a "great deal of seriousness and reflection", the World Health Organization said on Monday. Although every country had the ...
Aug 31, 2020
Emergency authorization of COVID-19 vaccines needs great care, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The emergency authorization of COVID-19 vaccines requires a "great deal of seriousness and reflection", the World Health Organization said on Monday. Although every country had the ...
Aug 31, 2020
House panel to subpoena DeJoy seeking Postal Service documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee said Monday she plans to subpoena Postmaster General Louis DeJoy seeking documents he has been withholding from Congre...
Aug 31, 2020
Bostic: Fed’s tools limited as long as health trajectory remains in doubt
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's available tools, such as expanding its monthly asset purchases, aren't the best methods at this point for ensuring the U.S. economy returns to steady growth, Atlanta ...
Aug 31, 2020
U.S. agrees to pay South Carolina $600 million and dispose of plutonium
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department said on Monday it has reached a settlement with South Carolina on removing weapons-grade plutonium by 2037 from a Cold War-era site...
Aug 31, 2020
Nigeria sets capital rules for mobile money licences
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank said it will grant more licences for payment service banks but set a minimum capital base of $13 million, which could deter telecoms firms ...
Aug 31, 2020
West accepts Moscow was right to approve COVID vaccine, Russian official says
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Comments by a senior U.S. official and moves by Britain towards the possible fast-tracking of COVID-19 vaccines show the West now accepts Russia was righ...
Aug 31, 2020
Top envoy says U.S. preparing tighter oil sanctions on Venezuela
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is looking to tighten oil sanctions on Venezuela in the near future, top U.S. envoy for the country told Reuters on Monday, by potentia...
Aug 31, 2020
Oregon state police called to Portland as officials warn of escalating violence
(Reuters) - Oregon state police were poised on Monday to return to Portland after a fatal shooting this weekend, as clashes escalated between an armed right-wing group and protesters demanding racial ...
Aug 31, 2020
