Author Archives: Syndicated Content
C$ vaults to two-year high on vaccine news, Biden victory
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Monday to a more than 2-year high, as investors' appetite for riskier currencies surged follo...
Nov 09, 2020
Exclusive: Zambia ‘doing everything possible’ to avoid default – finance minister
By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zambia is doing everything possible to avoid a sovereign debt default later this week, including sharing information on its Chinese debt with creditors, its fina...
Nov 09, 2020
Golf: Johnson dangerous after shaking off the rust
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Dustin Johnson is a dangerous threat heading into this week's Masters after the world number one showed impressive form since coming back from COVID-19. The American came on s...
Nov 09, 2020
UK PM Johnson’s treaty-breaking Brexit laws face defeat in parliament
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to suffer a heavy defeat in parliament's upper chamber on Monday over laws allowing him to breach Britain's EU exit treaty - a proposal whic...
Nov 09, 2020
Bolivia’s Evo Morales heads home after socialist president sworn in
By Daniel Ramos and Miguel Lobianco VILLAZON, Bolivia (Reuters) - Former longtime Bolivian leader Evo Morales crossed the border back into Bolivia on Monday, ending a year in exile, after a close ally...
Nov 09, 2020
Sean Connery’s 007 pistol from ‘Dr.No’ stars at Hollywood auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The handgun used by the late Sean Connery in the first James Bond film is the star attraction in a Hollywood auction next month. The semi automatic Walther PP gun, which along ...
Nov 09, 2020
Novavax’s experimental coronavirus vaccine gets FDA’s ‘fast-track’ status
(Reuters) - Novavax Inc said on Monday its experimental coronavirus vaccine had gained the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "fast-track" status. The U.S. drug developer, which is testing the drug i...
Nov 09, 2020
China says inclusion of Taiwan in WHO meeting would be ‘illegal’
GENEVA (Reuters) - China's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva Chen Xu told a World Health Organization (WHO) ministerial meeting on Monday that a proposal to include Taiwan as an observer was "illegal a...
Nov 09, 2020
EU wants new start in trade policy with the U.S.: Altmaier
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union and its member states want to reset trade relations with the next U.S. administration following Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the election in the United States,...
Nov 09, 2020
Guatemala Mayan villagers tell of harrowing escape from deadly landslide
By Sofia Menchu CHICUZ, Guatemala (Reuters) - Matilde Ical Chen was toasting tortillas over a wood fire for the midday meal when the landslide ripped through the Guatemalan Mayan indigenous village of...
Nov 09, 2020
