Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pope cancels traditional pre-Christmas ceremony due to COVID-19
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has cancelled a ceremony that traditionally begins Rome's Christmas season on Dec. 8 at the Spanish Steps because of coronavirus restrictions, ...
Nov 30, 2020
Giant Japanese robot spurs hopes for tourism after virus hit
TOKYO (Reuters) - An 18-metre (60-foot) "Gundam" robot that can walk and move its arms was unveiled in Japan on Monday amid hopes that it will help invigorate tourism hit by COVID-19. The robot is mod...
Nov 30, 2020
Bitcoin jumps past $19,200, all-time high again in focus
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin jumped past $19,000 on Monday, moving closer to its all-time record after a sharp tumble last week checked its 2020 rally. It was last up 5.6% at $19,220, near its record $1...
Nov 30, 2020
Bank of Israel leaves benchmark rate unchanged at 0.1%
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Bank of Israel held its benchmark interest rate at 0.1% for a fifth straight meeting on Monday, preferring to keep it above zero while using bond purchases and other measures...
Nov 30, 2020
Indonesian president says brutal Sulawesi slayings beyond humanity
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday condemned the brutal murder of four villagers by suspected Islamist militants as "beyond the limits of humanity", as the military chief p...
Nov 30, 2020
EasyJet offers passengers cheaper COVID-19 tests to encourage travel
LONDON (Reuters) - UK airline EasyJet said it would partner with COVID-19 testing companies to offer passengers discounted tests to try to encourage more travel, following similar moves by Wizz Air an...
Nov 30, 2020
London Stock Exchange opens Brexit trading hub in Amsterdam
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The London Stock Exchange's pan-European share trading platform, Turquoise, opened for trading on Monday, a spokeswoman for the exchange said, joining two rival operato...
Nov 30, 2020
Russian hospital says it began civilian coronavirus vaccinations last week
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has delivered the first known batch of Sputnik V vaccines for civilian use to a hospital just south of Moscow, which said on Monday it began vaccinating the local population ...
Nov 30, 2020
China banking regulator says property market is biggest ‘grey rhino’
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's property market is the biggest "grey rhino" - a very obvious yet ignored threat - in terms of financial risks, given it is so deeply intertwined with the financial industry...
Nov 30, 2020
NATO must focus more on challenge of rising China – report
By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO must think harder about how to handle China and its military rise, though Russia will remain its main adversary during this decade, ...
Nov 30, 2020
