Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Madrid detects first case of Brazilian coronavirus variant
MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid health authorities on Friday confirmed the first case of the Brazilian variant of COVID-19 in the region, three days after Spain restricted air travel with Brazil and South A...
Feb 05, 2021
Golf: Fox takes surprise lead at Saudi International
(Reuters) - New Zealand's Ryan Fox carded a second consecutive five-under-par 65 to take a share of the lead in a rain-affected second round at the Saudi International on Friday. Over two hours of pla...
Feb 05, 2021
Walgreens, CVS beef up protections against threat of ‘bot’ attacks on vaccine program
By Melissa Fares, Richa Naidu and Lisa Baertlein NEW YORK/CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. retailers and pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS Health are preparing for a fresh round of "bot" attacks b...
Feb 05, 2021
India restoring fast mobile internet in Kashmir after 18 months
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) - India said on Friday it was restoring high-speed mobile internet in the federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the first time since August 2019, when the gove...
Feb 05, 2021
WHO chief calls on drug firms to share vaccine-making capacity
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on companies on Friday to share manufacturing infrastructure to help ramp up the production of COVID-19 vaccines. "...
Feb 05, 2021
Stellantis to pay bigger efficiency bonus to Italian workers -unions
MILAN (Reuters) - Carmaker Stellantis will pay its workers in Italy a slightly higher annual efficiency bonus based on 2020 performance despite the impact on the auto industry from the coronavirus pan...
Feb 05, 2021
Ukraine secures 12 million AstraZeneca, Novavax COVID-19 vaccine doses
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has secured from the Serum Institute of India 12 million coronavirus vaccine doses developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office said. The annou...
Feb 05, 2021
U.S. Senators propose limiting liability shield for social media platforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill that would limit Section 230, a law that shields online companies from liability over content posted by users, and make the comp...
Feb 05, 2021
Qualifying events resume as Tokyo Games draw ever closer
By Shrivathsa Sridhar and Hardik Vyas (Reuters) - With Olympics officials reiterating their commitment to holding the Tokyo Games this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, several sports will soon resu...
Feb 05, 2021
Analysis: The other winners of the Reddit-fueled rallies: convertible debt
By Kate Duguid and Matt Scuffham NEW YORK (Reuters) - Among the winners from the recent retail-driven frenzy in U.S. stocks are investors in the niche market of convertible debt, capping a year of gai...
Feb 05, 2021
