Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French new COVID-19 cases accelerate despite new lockdown
PARIS (Reuters) - The tally of new COVID-19 cases in France has accelerated further despite the start of a third lockdown over the weekend, and the number of people in intensive care has hit a new fou...
Mar 22, 2021
Twitter boss Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold for $2.9 million as an NFT
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter boss Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet as an NFT for just over $2.9 million dollars on Monday. The tweet is in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) - ...
Mar 22, 2021
Texans’ Deshaun Watson now facing 11 civil suits
Four more women filed civil lawsuits against Deshaun Watson on Monday, bringing to 11 the number of women alleging sexual assault or inappropriate conduct by the Houston Texans quarterback. The attorn...
Mar 22, 2021
TE Rob Gronkowski re-signs with Buccaneers
Tight end Rob Gronkowski is ready to run it back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Super Bowl champions confirmed Monday that they re-signed Gronkowski to a contract. The team did not divulge the ter...
Mar 22, 2021
New York lowers coronavirus vaccine eligibility age to 50
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York will join a handful of U.S. states that have lowered their eligibility age to 50 for healthy people to receive coronavirus vaccinations, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced o...
Mar 22, 2021
Insurers pay 500 million sterling in claims so far after business interruption judgment: watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - Insurers have paid nearly 500 million pounds ($692.90 million) so far to businesses who won the right to claim for pandemic disruption following a ruling by Britain's highest court,...
Mar 22, 2021
Prague’s homeless battling COVID-19 find shelter in luxury hotel
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Prague city hall has rented a luxury hotel where homeless people who contract COVID-19 can convalesce and those who come into contact with someone with the disease can isolate. The ...
Mar 22, 2021
Britain to reduce size of army to tackle “threats of the future”
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will reduce the size of the army from 76,500 to 72,500 by 2025, defence minister Ben Wallace said on Monday, unveiling plans for what he described as a more active force to ...
Mar 22, 2021
Mexico’s central bank seen maintaining key rate at 4.0%: Reuters poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican central bank is seen keeping its benchmark interest rate steady at its next monetary policy meeting on Thursday as inflation ticks up amid the battered economy's re...
Mar 22, 2021
Risk of capital controls in Turkey elevated, but not baseline scenario: S&P Global
LONDON (Reuters) - Credit ratings agency S&P Global said the risks of Turkey implementing capital controls were "elevated" but not the firm's baseline scenario after the sudden sacking of the country'...
Mar 22, 2021
