Argentine LGBT+ community divided over bank’s trans hiring quota - Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A promise from Argentina’s largest bank to hire transgender workers has ignited a backlash from some LGBT+ rights groups who argue that the hiring should favor trans women who face higher rates of violence than do trans men.
State-owned Banco Nacion announced last week that it would seek to make 1% of its workforce consist of transgender people, part of an agreement with the banking industry’s labor union, Asociacion Bancaria.
The vow is the latest sign of progress for LGBT
California's public health officer resigns after COVID-19 undercount problem - Reuters
(Reuters) - California’s top public health officer has resigned following data-collection failures that led to an undercount of coronavirus cases as the state was reporting a downward trend in COVID-19 infections, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday.
Dr. Sonia
Chinese firms that fail U.S. accounting standards to be delisted as of 2022: Mnuchin - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday said companies from China and other countries that do not comply with accounting standards will be delisted from U.S. stock exchanges as of the end of 2021.
Mnuchin and other
Trump weighs blocking U.S. citizens coming home if coronavirus infection feared - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a measure to block U.S. citizens and permanent residents from returning home if they are suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus, a senior U
Oil companies start to take back crude from U.S. emergency reserve - Reuters
(Reuters) - Energy companies have begun taking back millions of barrels of oil from the U.S. government’s emergency stockpile after renting storage in the facility to help manage a glut of crude this spring after energy demand collapsed during COVID-19 lockdowns, a Department of Energy website showed on Monday.
Trump escorted from briefing after shooting near White House - Reuters Canada
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service abruptly escorted President Donald Trump out of the White House press room in the middle of a briefing on Monday because of a shooting outside the White House.
Trump returned to the media room several minutes later and said a person had been shot by law enforcement and taken to the hospital. He said he understood the suspect had been armed.
“It was a shooting outside of the White House,” Trump said. “It seems to be very well under control
Gilead seeks U.S. approval for COVID-19 treatment remdesivir - Reuters UK
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc ( GILD.O ) has filed an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking full approval for remdesivir, its experimental COVID-19 drug currently used under emergency authorization, the drugmaker said on Monday.
White House announces spectrum auction in 2021 to fuel 5G growth - Reuters India
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The White House on Monday unveiled plans to auction off 100 megahertz of midband spectrum for use starting in mid-2022, part of U.S. efforts to ramp up fifth-generation network coverage.
The Federal Communications Commission will be able to auction this spectrum beginning in December 2021, and the wireless industry could be using it by summer of the following year, White House adviser Michael Kratsios said on a briefing call with reporters.
TREASURIES-Yields edge higher before record week of supply - Reuters UK
(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments) By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields rose onMonday before the Treasury will sell record amounts of three, 10and 30-year debt, and as the Dow Jones stocks index hit thehighest in more than five months. "We’ve got a record refunding for August starting tomorrow,"said Kim Rupert, senior economist at Action Economics in SanFrancisco. Also "equities have
Exclusive: Merkel to visit Macron at summer residence around August 20 - source - Reuters Africa
PARIS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning to visit French President Emmanuel Macron at his summer residence on the Mediterranean around Aug. 20, a European diplomat told Reuters on Monday.
The meeting between Macron