Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In Saddam strongholds that fought America, Iraqis fear a U.S. departure
By John Davison, Ahmed and Rasheed FALLUJAH, Iraq (Reuters) - Abu Arkan Ibrahim picked up a rifle and joined the Iraqi insurgency against U.S. troops when they occupied his hometown of Fallujah in 200...
Feb 05, 2021
PayPal says U.S. consumer watchdog investigating payment app Venmo
(Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc said on Friday it was cooperating with the U.S. consumer watchdog regarding a civil investigation demand relating to its app Venmo's alleged unauthorized fund transfers...
Feb 05, 2021
UK regulators say extra AstraZeneca vaccine data highlights efficacy in elderly
LONDON (Reuters) - British regulators have received extra trial data from AstraZeneca that supports their view that the COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University is effective in the elderly, a...
Feb 05, 2021
South Africa says term sheet signed for 9 million J&J vaccine doses
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's health ministry said on Friday that the government had signed off on a term sheet for 9 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine at $10 a dose. The mi...
Feb 05, 2021
After Facebook ban, thousands in Myanmar take to Twitter to plead #RespectOurVotes
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Since Myanmar's new military rulers imposed a temporary blockade on Facebook on Thursday, thousands in the Southeast Asian country have joined Twitter, according ...
Feb 05, 2021
Palihapitiya-backed Clover Health gets notice of SEC investigation
(Reuters) - Chamath Palihapitiya-backed Clover Health Investments Corp said on Friday it had received a letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and that it intends to cooperate with th...
Feb 05, 2021
Chinese researchers find natural mutation in African swine fever virus
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have found a natural mutation in the African swine fever virus they say could be less deadly than the strain that ravaged the world's largest...
Feb 05, 2021
Guard kills Palestinian intruder in West Bank settlement: Israeli army
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - An Israeli security guard shot dead an unarmed Palestinian who tried to break into a house in a small settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Israel...
Feb 05, 2021
Analysis: “Dollar smile” meets “dollar short”; greenback bounce threatens bears
By Saikat Chatterjee and Ira Iosebashvili LONDON (Reuters) - An unexpected dollar bounce and some indications of a broader resurgence are confounding market players who took bearish positions on the U...
Feb 05, 2021
U.N. chief names Michael Bloomberg climate envoy to rally action
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reappointed former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as his special envoy on climate ambition and solutions on Friday "t...
Feb 05, 2021
