Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German court sentences synagogue gunman to life in prison
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court on Monday sentenced a man to life in prison for killing two people in a shooting attack near a synagogue in eastern Germany on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur last ...
Dec 21, 2020
UK finds two men guilty of manslaughter for Vietnamese truck deaths – PA Media
LONDON (Reuters) - Two men were found guilty in a London court of the manslaughter of 39 men, women and children from Vietnam after they were found suffocated in the back of a container truck, PA Medi...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. health official says ‘everything on table’ about possible UK travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Assistant Health Secretary Brett Giroir on Monday said that it was possible the United States would ban travel from the United Kingdom as a new variant of the deadly corona...
Dec 21, 2020
Bitcoin slumps 6% as new COVID-19 strain upsets wider markets
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped as much as 6% on Monday, with fears over a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain in Britain hitting assets across wider markets. The cryptocurrency was...
Dec 21, 2020
China CanSinoBIO’s COVID-19 vaccine trials recruit over 20,000 people
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's CanSino Biologics Inc has recruited over 20,000 participants for late-stage human trials overseas for its coronavirus vaccine, a health official said on Monday. The candida...
Dec 21, 2020
Explainer-The new coronavirus variant in Britain: How worrying is it?
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A new variant of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Britain and prompting high levels of concern among its European neighbours, some of whic...
Dec 21, 2020
Putin lauds AstraZeneca as it signs vaccine tie-up deal with Russia
By Andrew Osborn and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed British drugmaker AstraZeneca's decision to test combining its own experimental COVID-19 va...
Dec 21, 2020
Watchdog highlights shortcomings in EU rules to curb tech companies
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A watchdog has criticised the EU's new rules that aim to curb the power of Alphabet unit Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, potentially providing scope for compan...
Dec 21, 2020
Trump administration cuts size of Arctic land offered for oil auction
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - In a last-minute change, the Trump administration cut about 30 percent of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge territory that it plans to auction off for o...
Dec 21, 2020
Singapore gets first batch of COVID-19 vaccines – DHL
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, according to logistics firm DHL, ahead of a rollout in the city-state that health officials have said could be ...
Dec 21, 2020
