Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Firefighters battle to contain blaze on S.Africa’s Table Mountain
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African emergency workers have started evacuating three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town city as a wildfire fanned by strong winds continues to burn ou...
Apr 19, 2021
UK PM Johnson cancels trip to India due to coronavirus worries
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday cancelled a planned trip to India, scheduled to take place next week, due to the current coronavirus situation in India, Johnson's off...
Apr 19, 2021
Exclusive: Britain’s Kantar nears $1.5 billion deal to buy Vista-backed Numerator, says source
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) - British market research firm Kantar is in final talks to buy U.S. rival Numerator from Vista Equity Partners in a deal worth about $1.5 billion, a source with kn...
Apr 19, 2021
South Korea looks to ban internet file-sharing with North Korea
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's government on Monday said it had proposed a law to require its citizens to get official permission before using the internet to exchange digital material ...
Apr 19, 2021
Denmark’s health authority deems AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may be given on voluntary basis: Ritzau
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's health authority said it may be possible for people to choose to have the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine if they wish, Ritzau news agency reported on Monday. Denmark las...
Apr 19, 2021
UK launches taskforce for potential Bank of England digital currency – Sunak
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak announced on Monday the launch of a new taskforce for a potential Bank of England central bank digital currency and other measures to promote in...
Apr 19, 2021
Pakistan negotiates with Islamist group behind anti-France protests, 11 police freed
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Islamist radicals in Pakistan have released 11 police officers that were taken hostage during violent anti-blasphemy protests against France over the weekend, the...
Apr 19, 2021
Analysis: Cabling Italy – what price the single network as Rome dithers?
By Stephen Jewkes, Elvira Pollina and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) - When mayor Filippo Tripoli got a phone call from Telecom Italia last December to cable his town in Sicily he was taken by surpris...
Apr 19, 2021
Toyota to review climate stance as investors turn up the heat
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp signalled a shift in its climate change stance on Monday, saying it would review its lobbying and be more transparent on what steps it is...
Apr 19, 2021
EU secures additional 100 million COVID-19 doses from Pfizer/BioNTech
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union has exercised an option to acquire an additional 100 million doses of BioNTech and Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, the two companies said on Monday. This brings the to...
Apr 19, 2021
