Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Portugal’s daily COVID-19 cases hit new record but deaths drop
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal reported a new record of 26,867 coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours on Wednesday, up sharply from 17,172 the previous day, although daily deaths dropped to a fraction ...
Dec 29, 2021
Bolivia reports all-time record in COVID infections
By Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia reported late on Tuesday an all-time record of 4,934 new cases of COVID-19, as the omicron variant spreads worldwide but without any confirmed cases of the v...
Dec 29, 2021
Czech government slows or freezes salary hikes to cut budget gap
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The new Czech centre-right government will freeze the pay of state workers and reduce previously announced pay hikes for others as it seeks to cut the budget gap amid a spike in inf...
Dec 29, 2021
Acute phase of pandemic could end in 2022 – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic could end next year but the coronavirus will not disappear, the World Health Organization's Mike Ryan said on Wednesday. Ryan, the WHO's top...
Dec 29, 2021
Russian 2021 inflation accelerates to 8.39%, preliminary data shows
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Consumer inflation in Russia accelerated to 8.39% in 2021 despite seven interest rate hikes by the central bank, up from 4.91% in 2020, preliminary data from the statistics service ...
Dec 29, 2021
Spain picks QEV as frontrunner for Nissan’s Barcelona plant
MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish authorities have selected local automotive group QEV Technologies as lead candidate to take over Nissan's main plant in Barcelona after Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor with...
Dec 29, 2021
Spain cuts COVID-19 isolation to seven days from 10
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain on Wednesday reduced the isolation period for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to seven days from 10, the health ministry said, even as new infections hit record hi...
Dec 29, 2021
Soccer-Real Madrid quartet test positive for COVID-19
MADRID (Reuters) -Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga and Vinicius Jr have tested positive for COVID-19, the club said in a statement on Wednesday. LaLiga has been on ...
Dec 29, 2021
U.S. crude, fuel stocks fell last week; output rises -EIA
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. crude stocks, gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, while U.S. oil production rose to the highest since May 2020, Energy Information Administr...
Dec 29, 2021
Germany will probably miss climate targets – environment minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will probably miss its carbon emissions reduction targets in the coming two years, Economy and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck told Die Zeit newspaper. After a top...
Dec 29, 2021
