Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New financial instruments could fill $28 billion COVID funding gap: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - A senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that the body was looking at new financial instruments to help fill a $28 billion finance gap for COVID tools, saying fin...
Dec 15, 2020
Facing year-end cut off, U.S. banks scramble to extend COVID accounting relief
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banks are scrambling to persuade Washington policymakers to extend the Dec. 31 expiry of an accounting waiver that has allowed lenders ...
Dec 15, 2020
Automakers urge U.S. support for EV charging, R&D, incentives
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major automotive trade association on Tuesday urged U.S. policymakers to back sweeping support for electric vehicles (EV), including new incentives for res...
Dec 15, 2020
WHO sees “strong commitment” from Pfizer on affordable COVID vaccine
GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization senior official said on Tuesday that the agency was in talks with Pfizer to include its COVID-19 vaccine as part of an early global roll out. Bruce Aylwa...
Dec 15, 2020
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa says new libel case ‘ludicrous’
MANILA (Reuters) - Maria Ressa, who heads a Philippine news website known for its tough scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte, refused to enter a plea on Tuesday in a second cyber libel case she faces...
Dec 15, 2020
After the White House, Trump faces uncertain future and legal threats
By John Whitesides and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is leaving the White House but he is not going to fade away quietly. After failing in his legal efforts to overturn h...
Dec 15, 2020
From scoring goals to saving Argentina’s economy: Martin Guzman
By Hugh Bronstein SAN MARTIN, Argentina (Reuters) - When Martin Guzman was doing a PhD in economics at Brown University in the United States, he and two other Argentine friends formed part of their de...
Dec 15, 2020
Biden’s pledges could spur more migration. But in a pandemic, the border is unprepared
By Mimi Dwyer, Ted Hesson and Laura Gottesdiener LOS ANGELES/MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - After spending eight months of 2019 in a makeshift tent camp in the dangerous Mexican border city of Matamoro...
Dec 15, 2020
Fresh off Electoral College win, Biden to stump in Georgia for Democratic Senate candidates
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - A day after the Electoral College confirmed his presidential victory, Joe Biden will travel to Georgia on Tuesday to campaign for two Democratic U.S. Senate candidates whose J...
Dec 15, 2020
Germany hopes to start COVID-19 vaccination before year-end -health minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's health minister said on Tuesday he hopes that a COVID-19 vaccine will get European Union approval before Christmas and that first inoculations can start before the end of ...
Dec 15, 2020
