Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian court orders Kremlin critic Navalny be kept in jail, rejects his appeal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday ordered Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to be kept in jail and rejected his appeal against his detention. Navalny was remanded in custody for 30 days on Ja...
Jan 28, 2021
EU snubs UK envoy amid spat over diplomatic status
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A top European Union official cancelled a meeting set for Thursday with the UK's new envoy to Brussels amid a spat over Britain's refusal to grant the EU's envoys full diplomatic ...
Jan 28, 2021
South Africa’s top court orders Zuma to appear before enquiry commission
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's highest court on Thursday ordered former President Jacob Zuma to appear before a commission investigating corruption allegations against him after he walked out...
Jan 28, 2021
Germany to ban travellers from Britain, Portugal amid fears of more contagious virus variants
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany is preparing entry bans for travellers from Britain, Portugal, Brazil and South Africa to limit the spread of the more contagious variants of the coronavirus raging in the...
Jan 28, 2021
SAP-owned Qualtrics valued at over $15 billion in IPO
By Joshua Franklin and Niket Nishant (Reuters) - Qualtrics International Inc was valued at over $15 billion in its initial public offering, against the backdrop of a capital market frenzy that has see...
Jan 28, 2021
Pandemic spurs quest to enroll more Black Americans in vaccine trials
By Julie Steenhuysen and Nick Brown (Reuters) - Infectious disease doctor Angela Branche needed help. Branche and colleagues at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York were running a cl...
Jan 28, 2021
American Airlines posts record annual loss on pandemic pain
(Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc reported an $8.9 billion annual loss on Thursday, its biggest on record, as travel restrictions and lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the aviation ...
Jan 28, 2021
Exclusive: Pharma distributors in talks with U.S. for cut of COVID-19 vaccine shipping deal – sources
By Carl O'Donnell and Richa Naidu (Reuters) - U.S. pharmaceutical distributors are talking to federal officials about increasing the number of companies shipping coronavirus vaccines as part of the Bi...
Jan 28, 2021
German cartel office extends probe of ties between Facebook and Oculus
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's antitrust regulator said on Thursday it was extending the scope of its abuse proceedings against Facebook related to the links between its Oculus virtual reality products ...
Jan 28, 2021
Italy’s Renzi to meet president in bid for way out of government crisis
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Former premier Matteo Renzi, a central figure in an Italian government crisis, will meet the head of state on Thursday and tell him whether he is ready to support a n...
Jan 28, 2021
