Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nikola Corp agrees to pay $125 million to settle SEC charges of defrauding investors
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nikola Corp has agreed to pay $125 million to settle civil charges that it defrauded investors by misleading them about its products, technical advancements an...
Dec 21, 2021
Germany’s RKI recommends “maximum contact restrictions”, starting at once
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases recommended on Tuesday that "maximum contact restrictions" should be imposed, starting at once, to fight a looming tide of in...
Dec 21, 2021
China’s Xi holds phone call with German Chancellor Scholz – CCTV
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping spoke on the phone with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, without providing further details of the call. (Repo...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. meat plants relaxed some COVID-19 safety protocols after outbreaks – unions
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, last year assigned a team of dedicated employees to enforce social distancing and sanitize surfaces at a South ...
Dec 21, 2021
Madagascar boat accident kills at least 19 people; 66 missing
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - A boat accident off the coast of northeastern Madagascar killed at least 19 people, and searches were under way to locate 66 passengers who remained unaccounted for, the count...
Dec 21, 2021
Cricket-Lloyd retires from commentary a month after Rafiq testimony and apology
(Reuters) - Cricket commentator David Lloyd announced his retirement from Sky Sports on Tuesday, a month after he was named by Azeem Rafiq in his testimony about a culture of widespread racism at his ...
Dec 21, 2021
Germany to miss deadline for full rollout of e-prescriptions
BERLIN (Reuters) - The rollout of a fully fledged digital prescriptions system in Germany will not meet the legally binding deadline of Jan. 1, 2022 due to delayed testing and the lack of technologica...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. travelers stay closer to home as Omicron looms
By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carla Benton, a Chicago-based book copy editor, was preparing for a Christmas trip to Europe when the Omicron variant of the coronavirus began to make headlines i...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. gives seven global aid groups $580 million for COVID – Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is providing the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and five other global aid groups an additional $580 million to fight COVID-19, U...
Dec 21, 2021
ING to quit French retail banking market
PARIS (Reuters) - Dutch financial services company ING will quit the French retail banking business, it said on Tuesday, in a move that could affect 460 employees. ING added that talks were continuing...
Dec 21, 2021
