WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. soldiers who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine will be immediately discharged, the U.S. Army said on Wednesday, saying the move was critical to maintain combat readiness The Army’s order applies to regular Army soldiers, activ…
Melinda French Gates no longer plans to give most of wealth to Gates Foundation, WSJ reports
(Reuters) – Melinda French Gates is no longer pledging to donate most of her wealth to the charitable foundation she co-founded with her former husband and will instead disburse the funds among other philanthropies, the Wall Street Journal reported. Th…
Oil edges higher after OPEC+ keeps to steady supply bump, U.S. stockpiles draw
By David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices edged up on Wednesday after OPEC+ stuck to planned moderate output increases despite pressure from top consumers to raise output more quickly. Brent crude ended settling up 31 cents to $89.47 a barrel, wh…
Biden orders nearly 3,000 U.S. troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russia
By Phil Stewart and Dmitry Antonov WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) -The United States will send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to reinforce Eastern European NATO allies in the face of what Washington describes as a Russian threat to invade…
Olympics-Curling kicks off Beijing Games ahead of Putin-Xi main event
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – Mixed doubles curling opened competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday as the shadow of war in Ukraine, and the impending arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, loome…
Novo rejects U.S. insulin price hikes report, has ‘nothing to hide’
(Replaces parliament with congressional, paragraph 1) By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk on Wednesday rejected allegations by a U.S. congressional investigative committee that it has engaged in manoeuvres to increase net prices on…
Wall St set for fourth day of gains on Alphabet, AMD results
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Medha Singh (Reuters) -U.S. shares were set to extend gains for the fourth straight session on Wednesday after a turbulent start to the year, as Google-parent Alphabet and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices’ shares surged foll…
Alphabet eyes $2 trillion value after blowout results
By Akash Sriram and Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) – Google parent company Alphabet Inc advanced nearer to joining peers Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club on Wednesday as the search giant’s shares surged more than 8%…
British COVID trial deliberately infecting young adults found to be safe
By Josephine Mason and Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The world’s first “human challenge” trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe in healthy young adults, leaders of th…
NFL-Washington selects Commanders as new name
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -The National Football League’s Washington Football Team said on Wednesday they will now be called the Commanders following a lengthy review on how best to replace an original name that was widely seen as a racial slur against…