Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brussels “COVID boys” take on mission to police pandemic rules
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two Belgian men left unemployed by the coronavirus pandemic have reinvented themselves as the "COVID boys", disinfecting public surfaces and patrolling Brussels to encourage socia...
Jan 21, 2021
House Democrat says votes in hand to approve waiver for Austin as U.S. defense chief: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives has enough votes to approve a waiver for retired Army General Lloyd Austin to serve as defense secretary, a senior House Democrat said in a pho...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden appoints U.S. consumer watchdog veteran as acting director after Trump appointee resigns
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced President Joe Biden would appoint Dave Uejio to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on an acting basis after its dire...
Jan 21, 2021
WTO tells U.S. to revise trade measures against South Korea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization recommended on Thursday that the United States bring a series of duties imposed in the pre-Trump era on South Korea into line with global trading rule...
Jan 21, 2021
Russia detains ally of jailed Kremlin foe Navalny ahead of protest
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police on Thursday detained Lyubov Sobol, an ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, her lawyer said, after she urged Navalny's supporters to take to the streets on Sa...
Jan 21, 2021
Italy PM Conte faces pressure to move fast to strengthen majority
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is under pressure from his coalition to quickly broaden his majority but has made little progress since narrowly surviving an at...
Jan 21, 2021
In poor districts, young Tunisians with nothing to lose clash with police
By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) - The 19-year-old smoking with friends in a poor district of Tunisia's capital had a simple explanation for night-time clashes between youths and poli...
Jan 21, 2021
BioNTech investor, amid worry over shortage, vows vaccines to be delivered for second shot
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European countries should use all available vaccine doses provided by biotech firm BioNTech and its partner Pfizer because there will be enough for the requisite second booster s...
Jan 21, 2021
Sequoia Holdings says employees can draw part of salary in cryptocurrencies
(Reuters) - Software development services provider Sequoia Holdings LLC said on Thursday its employees can now receive a part of their salary in cryptocurrencies, should they choose to. Under the new ...
Jan 21, 2021
EU states must recognise Guaido as Venezuela’s leader, EU lawmakers to say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament will call on European Union governments to recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president, according to a draft resolution set to be agreed on Thur...
Jan 21, 2021
