Category Archives:
World Bank says its funding helped deliver 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank on Monday said its funding had helped deliver 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines around the world and it would reach the 150-million mark by the end of the mo...
Dec 06, 2021
GM’s Cruise disputes San Francisco concerns on stops, says ‘double parking’ legal
By Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - General Motors Co's self-driving technology unit Cruise on Monday pushed back on claims from San Francisco authorities that its robotaxis are illegally double-...
Dec 06, 2021
Travel curbs are biggest challenge for British firms in China – survey
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's tight restrictions on international travel as part of its zero-tolerance approach to controlling COVID-19 are the top concern for British firms operating in the country but...
Dec 06, 2021
Developer China Evergrande’s shares firm as restructuring looms
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Shares of China Evergrande Group rose over 7% on Tuesday in early trading as the embattled developer moves closer toward a restructuring that has loomed for months over global mar...
Dec 06, 2021
U.S. ends probe into Emmett Till lynching, unable to prove witness lied
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday said it failed to prove a crucial witness lied 66 years ago in the lynching death of Black teen Emmett Till in Mississippi, closing without cha...
Dec 06, 2021
Republican McConnell says he will probably support Powell’s Fed nomination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he would probably end up supporting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's nomination for a second four-year term. Sp...
Dec 06, 2021
British power prices hamper steel sector efforts to cut emissions – report
LONDON (Reuters) - Higher power prices in Britain than in other European countries will weigh on efforts by the steel sector to reduce its carbon emissions, an industry group said on Tuesday in a repo...
Dec 06, 2021
Samsung Elec says it will reorganise company structure
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it will reorganise its business divisions to combine its consumer electronics and mobile businesses. (Reporting by Joyce Lee; editing by Richard P...
Dec 06, 2021
Qantas expects to reach 115% of pre-COVID domestic capacity levels by April
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Qantas Airways Ltd expects to reach more than 115% of pre-COVID domestic capacity levels by April as Australian state borders open, Chief Executive Alan Joyce said on Tuesday. "Domes...
Dec 06, 2021
Rise in U.S. house prices to halve next year, affordability to worsen – Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) - The rise in U.S. house prices will slow to half its double-digit rate next year but still outstrip increases in consumer prices and wages, according to a Reuters p...
Dec 06, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
51 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Mist
