Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU regulators to investigate $30 billion Aon, Willis Towers deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators opened on Monday a full-scale investigation into Aon's $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson to create the world's largest insurance broker, concerned t...
Dec 21, 2020
Japan doctors’ group, others declare medical emergency
TOKYO (Reuters) - National associations of doctors, nurses and seven other medical groups in Japan declared a state of medical emergency on Monday, urging the government to support the nation's medica...
Dec 21, 2020
Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island, residents urged indoors
(Reuters) -The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted on Sunday night, according to an advisory from the U.S. Geological Survey, followed by an earthquake that struck at the volcano's south fl...
Dec 21, 2020
Home-selling platform OpenDoor makes lackluster Nasdaq debut
(Reuters) - Shares of Opendoor Labs Inc, the home-selling platform backed by SoftBank Group, slipped in their market debut on Monday after an initial pop. The company, which completed its merger with ...
Dec 21, 2020
Canada’s most populous province makes clear ‘hard lock down’ needed to fight COVID-19
TORONTO (Reuters) - Health officials in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, on Monday said their ability to control a second wave of COVID-19 was precarious and made clear a "hard lockdown" of f...
Dec 21, 2020
Barr: no plans to appoint special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
By Mark Hosenball and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he has no plans to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, son of Preside...
Dec 21, 2020
UK records 33,364 new COVID-19 cases, 215 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded a further 33,364 COVID-19 cases on Monday and 215 deaths of people who had tested positive for the virus within 28 days. That compares with 35,928 cases ...
Dec 21, 2020
Brazil state should receive 10.8 million doses of Coronavac vaccine by Dec 31, governor says
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Sao Paulo governor Joao Doria said in a press conference on Monday the state will receive 5.5 million doses of Sinovac Biotech's Coronavac vaccine on Dec. 24, and e...
Dec 21, 2020
Colombia to receive 1.7 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in February
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will receive its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE in February, the country health ministry said on Monday. T...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. imposes Cuba, Nicaragua-related sanctions on people, companies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three Nicaraguan officials over their support for leftist President Daniel Ortega's government. President Donald Trump's adminis...
Dec 21, 2020
