Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Argentina breaks COVID-19 case record as daily infections near 100,000
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina broke its record for COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, approaching 100,000 daily cases as it faces a third wave of the pandemic, driven by the highly infectious Omic...
Jan 06, 2022
Austria decides new COVID-19 measures including shorter quarantine
BERLIN (Reuters) - Austria will impose new COVID-19 measures from Saturday including shortening quarantine times to five days, requiring people to wear masks outdoors when in crowds, and limiting to s...
Jan 06, 2022
Canada’s Royal Bank tells staff to keep working remotely
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada has advised all employees in regions including Ontario and Quebec to work remotely if their jobs allow, following advice from these provi...
Jan 06, 2022
Portugal eases COVID-19 rules as infections soar, hospitalisations still low
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal on Thursday said it would allow students to return to school from next week and nightclubs to reopen on Jan. 14 despite a record surge in COVID-19 cases, with hospital admi...
Jan 06, 2022
Smash and shout: Dutch find new ways to vent COVID-19 frustrations
By Esther Verkaik AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - One swinging a sledgehammer and the other a crowbar, twin brothers Steven and Brian Krijger grin as they take turns pulverising a Peugeot 106 spray-painted with...
Jan 06, 2022
Data analytics firm Qlik confidentially files for U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - Data analytics platform Qlik confidentially filed paperwork with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering on Thursday, marking the first steps for its return to public markets roughl...
Jan 06, 2022
Coalition pushes against Houthi inroads in Yemen’s Marib and Shabwa
ADEN (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen has retaken several areas in the energy-prducing provinces of Marib and Shabwa to repel advances by the Houthi movement in fierce fighting tha...
Jan 06, 2022
Amsterdam retains share-trading supremacy over London a year after Brexit
By Huw Jones and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Amsterdam ended 2021 as Europe's top share trading venue, holding its lead over London despite efforts by the British financial centre to make it...
Jan 06, 2022
U.S. trade deficit widens sharply on record high goods imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in November as goods imports surged to a record high, suggesting that trade likely remained a drag on economic growth in the fourth quarte...
Jan 06, 2022
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan facing lawsuit over vaccine mandate
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Detroit-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is facing a lawsuit after terminating several employees over the company’s vaccine mandate. As of Wednesday, emp...
Jan 06, 2022
