Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis: Could COVID knock out flu in Europe this winter?
By Matthias Blamont PARIS (Reuters) - As Europeans brace for a grim winter with the threat of rising COVID-19 infections, minimal numbers of flu cases recorded so far point to a possible silver lining...
Dec 01, 2020
Canadian pot producers may scale back in Europe: industry report
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - Canadian cannabis producers are likely to scale back their investments in Europe as they come under pressure to cut costs and deliver profit, according to a joint report by ...
Dec 01, 2020
Bitcoin off record highs, slumps 7% in volatile trade
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell as much as 7% against the dollar on Tuesday as the fledgling currency was back to its volatile self after having scaled a record peak earlier in the day. The world's mo...
Dec 01, 2020
UK’s Johnson urges lawmakers to back regional COVID-19 restrictions
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged lawmakers to support his new system of regional coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, arguing in the face of criticism from his party that t...
Dec 01, 2020
Several people injured by car in pedestrian zone in German town
BERLIN (Reuters) - A car hit and injured several people in a pedestrian zone in the western German city of Trier, police said on Twitter on Tuesday. Public broadcaster SWR reported that the driver had...
Dec 01, 2020
From hate speech to nudity, Facebook’s oversight board picks its first cases
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's independent oversight board announced on Tuesday the first six cases where it could overrule the social media company's decisions to remove certain pi...
Dec 01, 2020
Historic Liberia war crimes trial to open in Switzerland
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The trial of a former Liberian commander accused of rape, pillage, assassinations, and an act of cannibalism opens in Switzerland this week. The trial of Alieu Kosiah,...
Dec 01, 2020
Hospitality hit hardest as Austrian unemployment rises during lockdown
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian unemployment rose in November as a coronavirus lockdown kicked in in the second half of the month, Labour Minister Christine Aschbacher said on Tuesday, with hospitality jo...
Dec 01, 2020
After 4.2 million COVID-19 cases in November, U.S. pins hope on vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States entered the final month of the year hoping that promising vaccine candidates will soon be approved to halt the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus after 4.2 mi...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. air monitors routinely miss pollution – even refinery explosions
By Tim McLaughlin, Laila Kearney and Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - When explosions ripped through a Philadelphia oil refinery last year, the shock waves knocked Felicia Menna's front door frame out of pl...
Dec 01, 2020
