Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nearly nine of 10 workers want to keep work-from-home option: survey
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly nine out of 10 workers want to be able to choose whether to work from home or the office once COVID-19 workplace restrictions ease, and have greater autonomy over their hours...
Oct 14, 2020
Global regulators eye ‘actions’ to ease capital burden on banks
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Regulators will discuss next month how to ease pressure on global banks to hold unnecessarily large levels of capital in every country they operate, the Financial Stabi...
Oct 14, 2020
Some children in Russian capital to study online to contain coronavirus
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's capital announced on Wednesday it would introduce online learning for many students starting on Monday in a bid to contain the novel coronavirus. The measure would apply to...
Oct 14, 2020
Russian defence minister urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to respect Nagorno-Karabakh truce
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to observe a ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in a telephone call with his counterparts from those countr...
Oct 14, 2020
EU summit to says Brexit progress ‘still not sufficient’
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss Brexit will say that progress in talks with Britain is "still not sufficient" to...
Oct 14, 2020
Japan supercomputer shows humidity affects aerosol spread of coronavirus
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese supercomputer showed that humidity can have a large effect on the dispersion of virus particles, pointing to heightened coronavirus contagion risks in dry, ...
Oct 14, 2020
Green hydrogen, electric trucks ‘ripe for investment’ by EU recovery fund
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Green hydrogen, low-carbon aviation fuel and electric trucks are among 55 clean technologies that can help the European Union to reach its goal of climate neutralit...
Oct 14, 2020
UK PM Johnson not heading for a national lockdown yet, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is not yet heading towards a full national lockdown in England despite calls from the opposition leader for a "circuit breaker" lockdown, Work a...
Oct 14, 2020
EU would prefer a Brexit deal but ready for no deal, says Breton
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union would prefer to have a Brexit deal, but it is ready in case no agreement can be reached, the Commissioner for the EU's single market, Thierry Breton, told BFM busi...
Oct 14, 2020
Swimming: Australia takes short course ‘champs’ virtual due to COVID-19
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's national short course swimming championships scheduled for next week have been abandoned because of COVID-19 restrictions and replaced with virtual 'championships' inste...
Oct 14, 2020
