Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Putin opens COVID-19 drug plant as Russia reports daily record for cases, deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday inaugurated a pharmaceutical plant in Siberia that will manufacture drugs to treat COVID-19 as the country reported record high numbers ...
Nov 26, 2020
Georgia introduces new restrictions for two months to curb COVID-19
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia is to introduce more coronavirus restrictions including new curfew hours, the closure of most shops, restaurants, swimming pools and gyms and the restriction of transport a...
Nov 26, 2020
Defense to finish pressing Canada police supervisor on Huawei CFO’s arrest
By Sarah Berman VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will further press the Canadian police supervisor in charge of her arrest two years ago, as witness testim...
Nov 26, 2020
Biden, Trump plan quiet Thanksgiving celebrations at home as pandemic rages
By Simon Lewis and Jeff Mason REHOBOTH BEACH, Del./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and sitting Republican President Donald Trump, like hundreds of millions of Americans, pl...
Nov 26, 2020
America celebrates scaled-back Thanksgiving as COVID-19 surges
(Reuters) - Americans awoke on Thursday to celebrate a Thanksgiving Day transformed by the coronavirus pandemic, with the Macy's parade limited to a television-only event and many families resigned to...
Nov 26, 2020
Prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England fell last week – ONS survey
LONDON (Reuters) - The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England have fallen slightly, with 633,000 infections in the latest week to Nov. 21 from 664,700 the week before, the Office for National St...
Nov 26, 2020
Share of UK workers on furlough at highest since June, as second lockdown hits
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The proportion of British workers on furlough has jumped to its highest level since late June following the introduction of a temporary four-week lockdown across E...
Nov 26, 2020
As France eases lockdown, ski resorts left out in the cold
By Cecile Mantovani MEGEVE, France (Reuters) - Megeve, in the foothills of Mont Blanc, was gearing up to welcome back skiers before Christmas after a COVID-19 lockdown was eased. But France's governme...
Nov 26, 2020
New lockdowns crush French, German consumer confidence in November
By Richard Lough and Riham Alkousaa PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - French and German consumer confidence plunged in November as new coronavirus restrictions crushed any prospect of a quick return to normal ...
Nov 26, 2020
South Africa’s Ramaphosa faces no-confidence vote after request by small party
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The speaker of South Africa's lower house of parliament has authorised a vote on a motion of no-confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa, a parliamentary official said on Thursday...
Nov 26, 2020
