Category Archives:
U.S. moves to expand offshore wind beyond the Northeast
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled fresh steps toward building offshore wind farms in waters off the coasts of Massachusetts, the Carolinas and in the Gulf of Mexico. The announ...
Oct 28, 2021
Citigroup to require all U.S. employees to be vaccinated
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc said on Thursday it will require all U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of their employment. The bank will comply with the Biden administration p...
Oct 28, 2021
Negotiating from the left, Pramila Jayapal now at the center of Joe Biden’s agenda
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Congress met in January 2017 to certify Donald Trump's presidential victory, a new lawmaker rose to object and was quickly gaveled to silence by Vice Preside...
Oct 28, 2021
Bank of Canada ‘exactly right’ now on inflation, rates, former governor says
By Steve Scherer and Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada is right to warn that inflation will persist well into next year and to signal that interest rates are likely to start moving hi...
Oct 28, 2021
Romantic encounters between Cuban zoo animals surge during quarantine quiet
HAVANA (Reuters) - Zookeepers at Cuba's National Zoo say several species of exotic and endangered animals took advantage of the peace and quiet brought on by the coronavirus pandemic for romantic enco...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. House progressives won’t back Pelosi call for infrastructure vote, Jayapal says
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Progressive Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have enough votes to block a $1 trillion infrastructure bill that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has championed ...
Oct 28, 2021
Cellnex eyes having 200,000 masts from planned 130,000
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Europe's largest mobile phone tower operator Cellnex eyes having 200,000 sites, up from the 130,000 it plans to have by 2030 in 12 European countries after finalising its acquisi...
Oct 28, 2021
China submits updated climate pledges to UN ahead of Glasgow talks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has submitted updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to fight climate change, a UN registry showed on Thursday, formally boosting headline emission-cutting pledg...
Oct 28, 2021
McCarthy: Few, if any, Republican House votes for infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader Kevin McCarthy predicted on Thursday that few, if any, House Republicans would vote for a $1 trillion infrastructure bill that De...
Oct 28, 2021
Facebook’s Zuckerberg lays out ‘metaverse’ vision at developers event
By Elizabeth Culliford and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg said privacy and safety would need to be built into the metaverse, as he opened the company's annual conference on v...
Oct 28, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
45 °F Overcast
