Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Facebook disables 1.3 billion fake accounts in October-December last year
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December last year. The company also removed more than 12 million pieces of content about COVID-19 an...
Mar 22, 2021
China plans new rule on e-cigarettes: ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Monday it has issued a draft with a revised rule on e-cigarettes. The ministry is seeking public opinions on the new...
Mar 22, 2021
Euro zone current account surplus narrows in January
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The euro zone's current account surplus narrowed in January due to a bigger deficit in secondary income, which includes outflows such as remittances and taxes, European Central B...
Mar 22, 2021
Turkey is sending the wrong signals in terms of human rights, Germany warns
BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkey is sending the wrong messages to the European Union by withdrawing from a pact designed to counter violence against women and closing down the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic...
Mar 22, 2021
Chile fast-tracking 5G roll-out, but with tight rules on security, official says
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile is fast-tracking an ambitious plan to roll out a 5G mobile technology network across most of the country within two years, a senior official told Reuters, ...
Mar 22, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. senators press Biden to set end date for gas-powered car sales
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California's two U.S. senators are urging President Joe Biden to set a firm date to phase-out gas-powered passenger vehicles as the White House grapples with...
Mar 22, 2021
Spain hopes number of foreign tourists rebounds to half pre-pandemic level this year
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Monday that she hoped the number of foreign tourists coming to Spain could rebound this year to half pre-pandemic level. "Maybe the ide...
Mar 22, 2021
Japan’s KM Biologics begins clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's KM Biologics Co said on Monday it had started a human trial for its COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the country's third candidate to advance to clinical trials. The first voluntee...
Mar 22, 2021
Russia’s top diplomat starts China visit with call to reduce U.S. dollar use
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov began a visit to China on Monday with a call for Moscow and Beijing to reduce their dependence o...
Mar 22, 2021
Netanyahu says he made Israel a ‘vaccination nation’. But will it vote for him?
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory over COVID-19 by making Israel a "vaccination nation". Even that may not be enough when voters wearing man...
Mar 22, 2021
