Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French new passenger car registrations jump 192% year on year in March
PARIS (Reuters) - New car registrations in France jumped 192% year on year in March, having been hit heavily by the country's first two-month COVID-19 lockdown in the corresponding month last year. Fr...
Apr 01, 2021
‘Familial terrorism’: How personal ties link suicide bombings in Southeast Asia
By Kate Lamb and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - As the rain teemed down and guests feasted on chicken curry, Muhammad Lukman married his burqa-clad bride in a late night ceremony at the ho...
Apr 01, 2021
Poland reports new daily record of 35,251 coronavirus cases
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland reported new daily record of 35,251 coronavirus cases on Thursday, health ministry data showed, as the country grapples with a third wave of the pandemic that has pushed its ...
Apr 01, 2021
John le Carre was so furious with Brexit he got Irish citizenship
LONDON (Reuters) - John le Carre, the British novelist who cast flawed spies onto the bleak chessboard of Cold War rivalry, was so disillusioned by the 2016 Brexit vote to leave the European Union tha...
Apr 01, 2021
Euro zone factory activity soared in March but supply issues loom
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone monthly factory activity growth galloped at its fastest pace in the near 24-year history of a leading business survey last month, but supply chain disruptions and renewed ...
Apr 01, 2021
Russia reports 9,169 new COVID-19 cases, 383 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 9,169 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 2,151 in Moscow, pushing the infection tally in the country to 4,554,264 since the pandemic began. The government cor...
Apr 01, 2021
Swiss robots use UV light to zap viruses aboard passenger planes
By Arnd Wiegmann and John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - A robot armed with virus-killing ultraviolet light is being tested on Swiss airplanes, yet another idea aiming to restore passenger confidence and s...
Apr 01, 2021
Slovak president appoints Eduard Heger as prime minister
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovak President Zuzana Caputova appointed Eduard Heger as the new prime minister on Thursday, ending a month-long political crisis. Heger takes over from his party chairman Igor Ma...
Apr 01, 2021
Suez blockage may lead to large reinsurance claims, broker Willis Re says
LONDON (Reuters) - The blockage of the Suez Canal is likely to lead to large reinsurance claims, adding to upward pressure on marine reinsurance rates, James Vickers, chair of reinsurance broker Willi...
Apr 01, 2021
Taiwan opens first travel bubble, with tourism-dependent Palau
By Ben Blanchard TAOYUAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan opened its first travel bubble during the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, with the small, tourism-dependent Pacific state of Palau, offering a lifeli...
Apr 01, 2021
