Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. airlines say vaccine cargo could help restart passenger flights
By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines are preparing for a massive airlift of COVID-19 vaccines that will not only boost their cargo business, but help bring back passenger flights ...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. challenges Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quotas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it was exercising its rights under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement to challenge Canada's allocation of dairy tariff-rate quota...
Dec 09, 2020
Factbox: Lawsuits pile up as U.S. tackles Big Tech’s market dominance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a big coalition of U.S. states sued Facebook Inc on Wednesday, saying that it broke antitrust law and should potentially be broken up. Face...
Dec 09, 2020
Several U.S. states back Texas bid to upend Biden election win at Supreme Court
(Reuters) - Seventeen U.S. states on Wednesday filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a bid by Texas to overturn the presidential election results. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe; editing by Jona...
Dec 09, 2020
UK tariff decision plunges Airbus into new trade dispute
By Tim Hepher and William James PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's decision to suspend tariffs on Boeing jets and other U.S. goods has stunned the planemaker's European rival Airbus and exposes a grow...
Dec 09, 2020
Pennsylvania Governor Wolf says tested positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he tested positive for COVID-19, the latest governor to contract the virus. Wolf, a Democrat, has drawn rep...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. FTC, states file antitrust lawsuit against Facebook
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a big coalition of states sued Facebook on Wednesday, saying that it broke antitrust law. The FTC said in a statement that i...
Dec 09, 2020
Albanians protest after police shot dead a man for violating coronavirus curfew
TIRANA (Reuters) - Police used tear gas late on Wednesday to disperse hundreds of Albanians protesting the killing by police of a young man who authorities said had violated an overnight curfew impose...
Dec 09, 2020
Ex-U.S. Homeland Security intelligence official to give congressional testimony
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. Homeland Security intelligence official who said he was told to stop discussing the threat of Russian interference in the election and to highlig...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. offical says people at risk for severe allergic reactions not expected to take COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - A top U.S. official said on Wednesday that Americans with known severe allergic reactions may not be candidates for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, after the United Kingdom said two people with...
Dec 09, 2020
