Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German lab Eluthia says suspends use of BGI prenatal tests for privacy probe
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German laboratory operator Eluthia GmbH said on Monday it would suspend the use of Chinese gene company BGI Group's prenatal blood test for pregnant women while it looks into pot...
Jul 12, 2021
Factbox-Jordan security trial sheds light on palace intrigue
AMMAN (Reuters) - A Jordanian court on Monday sentenced a former royal confidant, Bassem Awadallah, and a minor royal to 15 years in jail on charges of attempting to destabilise the monarchy. The cour...
Jul 12, 2021
Pope Francis to stay in hospital a few more days, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has completed his post-surgery treatment but will remain in hospital a few more days in order to fine-tune his course of medication and rehabilitation, the Vatica...
Jul 12, 2021
EU regulators may revise rules defining companies’ market power
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators may revamp decades-old rules covering the market power of companies to take into account cases such as when tech giants offer p...
Jul 12, 2021
Indonesia reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 infections
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia reported a record daily high in coronavirus infections with 40,427 cases on Monday, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed. It also reported 891 additional CO...
Jul 12, 2021
South African military to deploy soldiers to help quell unrest
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Monday it would deploy soldiers in the Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces to help law enforcement agencies, after vio...
Jul 12, 2021
Under U.S. pressure, EU puts on hold plan for digital levy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission has decided to delay its plan to present a proposal later in July for a new levy on digital services, a spokesman said on Monday. The move follows intense p...
Jul 12, 2021
After G7 pledge, EU seeks to rival China’s ‘Belt and Road’ with own infrastructure plan
By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to launch a global infrastructure plan linking Europe to the world, its latest step after deal...
Jul 12, 2021
Danish nurses to expand strike over pay
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Danish nurses' strike will be expanded next month to involve an additional 702 nurses to show that they take their demand for higher pay seriously, their union said on Monday....
Jul 12, 2021
Spain to invest 4.3 billion euros in electric vehicle production
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will invest 4.3 billion euros ($5.11 billion) in the production of electric vehicles as part of a major national spending program financed mostly by European Union recovery fu...
Jul 12, 2021
