Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. airline stocks fall as new COVID-19 strain fuels travel ban fears
(Reuters) - Shares of U.S. airlines tumbled in premarket trading on Monday as a new fast-spreading COVID-19 strain in Britain renewed fears of widespread travel bans, with many countries barring fligh...
Dec 21, 2020
EU opens trade investigations into Chinese screws, optical cables
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has opened two investigations into Chinese exporters to assess whether steel screws are being sold in the bloc at excessively low prices and whether optical fib...
Dec 21, 2020
Special Report-Leaving Hong Kong: A family makes a wrenching decision
By Pak Yiu and Marius Zaharia HONG KONG (Reuters) - In the tiny kitchen of a Hong Kong high-rise apartment, the air was heavy with the aromas of a mother making her daughter's favorite childhood dishe...
Dec 21, 2020
Futures tumble on fears over new coronavirus strain
By Devik Jain and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures tumbled on Monday as fears over a new strain of the coronavirus that has shut down much of Britain overshadowed a $900 billion stim...
Dec 21, 2020
World closes borders to Britain as new coronavirus strain breeds panic
By Gerhard Mey and Ben Makori DOVER, England (Reuters) - More countries closed their borders to Britain on Monday over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic, ca...
Dec 21, 2020
Ahead of Taiwan protests, U.S. says pork ‘needlessly politicised’
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A heated debate in Taiwan about U.S. pork imports has been "needlessly politicised" as all U.S. food exports are safe, Washington's de-facto embassy in Taipei said on Monday, ahead ...
Dec 21, 2020
France’s Macron still displays COVID-19 symptoms -govt spokesman
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron was still displaying some coronavirus symptoms but his overall condition was stable, government spokesman Gabriel Attal told reporters on Monday. Mac...
Dec 21, 2020
Denmark passes law to ban mink breeding until 2022
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish lawmakers on Monday passed a law to ban mink breeding, retroactively creating the legal basis for its order to cull all mink in the Nordic country in November over fears ...
Dec 21, 2020
Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island
(Reuters) - The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted on Sunday night, according to an advisory from the United States Geological Survey, followed by an earthquake that struck at the volcano'...
Dec 21, 2020
As Trump pushes baseless fraud claims, Republicans pledge tougher voting rules
By Joseph Tanfani and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican state lawmakers have begun to use President Donald Trump's baseless charges of voter fraud to push for new restrictions on voting. A...
Dec 21, 2020
