Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK reports record high 189,846 COVID-19 cases on Friday
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported a record high 189,846 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, up slightly from 189,213 the previous day. Friday's data also showed 12,395 patients in hospital in England w...
Dec 31, 2021
Soccer-More COVID-19 cases hit Africa Cup of Nations teams
By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Four Cameroon players have tested positive for COVID-19, with the Africa Cup of Nations hosts set to kick off the tournament against Burkina Faso in just over a w...
Dec 31, 2021
Purdue Pharma seeks to appeal U.S. ruling that overturned its opioid settlement
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Purdue Pharma is seeking to appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a judge's decision to unravel its restructuring plan that would have insulated its owners from lia...
Dec 31, 2021
China’s Tencent builds stake in UK digital bank Monzo
(Reuters) - Chinese gaming and social media company Tencent Holdings Ltd has taken a small stake in Britain's Monzo as part of a fundraising, the digital bank said on Friday, just weeks after it fetch...
Dec 31, 2021
Soccer-Brentford sign keeper Lossl on loan from Midtjylland
(Reuters) - Brentford have signed goalkeeper Jonas Lossl from Danish club Midtjylland on loan until the end of the season with an option to make the deal permanent, the Premier League team said on Fri...
Dec 31, 2021
U.S. equity funds receive big inflows as investors downgrade Omicron impact -Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S. equity funds received robust inflows for a second week in the seven days to Dec. 29 as investors welcomed signs that the Omicron coronavirus variant won't bring a big setback to the e...
Dec 31, 2021
Portugal’s COVID-19 cases hit record, Omicron dominates at 83%
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal reported on Friday a new daily record of 30,829 coronavirus cases, up from 28,659 the previous day, with the rapidly spreading Omicron variant accounting for an estimated 8...
Dec 31, 2021
India’s antitrust body orders probe into Apple over alleged abuse of app market
By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's competition watchdog on Friday ordered an investigation into Apple Inc's business practices in the country, saying it was of the initial v...
Dec 31, 2021
France says Iran’s space launch “regrettable” amid nuclear deal talks
PARIS (Reuters) - France on Friday condemned Iran's satellite rocket launch and said it was "all the more regrettable" as nuclear talks with world powers were making progress, echoing concerns express...
Dec 31, 2021
Omicron hospitalisation risk around one third of Delta, UK analysis shows
LONDON (Reuters) -The risk of hospitalisation with the Omicron variant of coronavirus is about one-third that of the Delta variant, according to British analysis of more than a million cases of both t...
Dec 31, 2021
