Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Wall St headed higher as travel stocks rally on vaccine roll-out
By Ambar Warrick and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set for a strong open on Monday as travel stocks surged on the launch of a nationwide COVID-19 vaccine campaign, while...
Dec 14, 2020
U.S. to announce settlement with UAW to reform union
DETROIT (Reuters) - The U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit said on Monday it will announce a civil settlement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union to "reform the union" after a corruption probe ens...
Dec 14, 2020
South Korea passes law to ban anti-North Korea leaflets amid activists’ outcry
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Monday to ban the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, a move that was condemned by rights activists as a viol...
Dec 14, 2020
Russia repeats 91.4% efficacy rate in new COVID-19 vaccine data – developers
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian coronavirus vaccine developers published fresh results from their trial of the Sputnik V vaccine on Monday based on new data, and said the shot had again been found to be 91...
Dec 14, 2020
Poland’s CD Projekt to issue strategy update in Q1 despite Cyberpunk 2077 game issue
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish video games producer CD Projekt it sticking to plans to update its strategy in the first quarter of 2021, its chief executive said on Monday, despite the issues the company f...
Dec 14, 2020
Ethiopia’s war-scarred Tigray region regains some services
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia sent civil servants in Tigray back to work on Monday and ordered gun owners to disarm as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government sought to show normality in the still-i...
Dec 14, 2020
Iran’s Rouhani says execution of journalist Zam was based on law
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the execution of journalist Ruhollah Zam was carried out based on law and that Iran's judiciary is independent. "They (Europeans)...
Dec 14, 2020
China plans set up of new disease control agency in COVID-19 aftermath -Caixin
(Reuters) - China is considering setting up a new disease control agency as part of its public health reforms following the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, Caixin reported on Monday. The government body wil...
Dec 14, 2020
Gmail or YouTube wouldn’t load? You weren’t alone
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) – The sudden outage of YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive has caused widespread panic on social media, prompting the hashtag #YouTubeDown to become a globally trending topic wi...
Dec 14, 2020
Pressure mounts on EU drug regulator to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's drug regulator is under increasing pressure to quickly approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. giant Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech, official...
Dec 14, 2020
