Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU, Canada, others push trade plan to help in COVID-19 battle
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union, Canada and 11 other countries agreed on Monday to measures such as eliminating export curbs they believe should form the basis of a global...
Nov 23, 2020
Biden rolls out foreign policy and national security team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden picked a number of people for top Cabinet and White House posts on Monday, including Antony Blinken to be secretary of state, Jake Sullivan as national...
Nov 23, 2020
UK says COVID ‘Test and Trace’ system cost to rise to 22 billion pounds
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government announced a 7-billion-pound ($9.3-billion) increase in funding for its COVID-19 testing and contact tracing system, as part of an expanded programme of mass t...
Nov 23, 2020
China gives assurance on COVID origins field trip, says WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (who) has had an assurance from China that an investigative field trip to find the origins of the coronavirus will be arranged as soon as possible, WHO...
Nov 23, 2020
UK reports 15,450 new COVID cases, seven-day average down 23%
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom reported 15,450 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total over the past seven days to 40,504, a 23% drop compared with the previous seven-day period. Gover...
Nov 23, 2020
Bulgaria plans lockdown to contain coronavirus infection surge
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria plans to close schools, restaurants and shops and ban all sports events, private celebrations and excursions as it struggles to contain a coronavirus case surge. The Balkan ...
Nov 23, 2020
WHO says ‘safest bet’ for some families is to forgo Christmas gatherings
GENEVA (Reuters) - The "safest bet" for some families will be not to have family gatherings this Christmas in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organiza...
Nov 23, 2020
Alaska Airlines to lease 13 new Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft
(Reuters) - Alaska Air Group Inc said on Monday it would lease 13 new Boeing 737-9 MAX planes from aircraft lessor Air Lease Corp, with deliveries of the jets starting from the fourth quarter of 2021 ...
Nov 23, 2020
India seeks to implicate Pakistan in dossier to U.N. Security Council members
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Monday handed a dossier to the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council about a major attack that it said militants from Pakistan had attempted in the Indian ...
Nov 23, 2020
Briton admits almost 100 sex offences against young boys
LONDON (Reuters) - A British man on Monday admitted almost 100 sexual offences against boys as young as four, with police suspecting he might have approached more than 5,000 children around the world ...
Nov 23, 2020
