Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WHO says guidance on travel can change in bid to protect economies
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization (WHO) guidance on travel during the pandemic could change over time as it tries to ensure economies don't become entirely isolated, WHO emergency chief Mik...
Jan 15, 2021
Amazon union election to start in February: U.S. labor board
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's first U.S. union election since 2014 is scheduled to begin with the mailing of ballots in early February and a vote count starting March 30, a U.S. labor board official sa...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. blacklists Cuban interior ministry over alleged human rights abuses
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States slapped sanctions on Cuba's interior ministry on Friday, accusing it of serious human rights abuses as Washington kept up a barrage of san...
Jan 15, 2021
French cumulative coronavirus death toll rises to nearly 70,000
PARIS (Reuters) - The cumulative death toll from the coronavirus in France rose by 636 to 69,949 on Monday as the country added a three-day batch of retirement home deaths to the tally, health ministr...
Jan 15, 2021
Apple plans to launch new podcast subscription service: The Information
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is discussing launching a new subscription-based podcast service, the Information reported https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-plans-podcasting-subscription-service-in-...
Jan 15, 2021
Google Play is unsportsmanlike, U.S. states likely to argue in potential lawsuit
By Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State attorneys general are planning a third lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google, this one focused on the search and advertising giant's Play St...
Jan 15, 2021
World may never find COVID patient zero, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world may never find "patient zero" in its search for the origins of COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove, World Health Organization's technical lead on the disease, said on Friday. A W...
Jan 15, 2021
Spain reports record 40,197 COVID-19 cases, incidence hits new high
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain reported a record 40,197 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, while the incidence of the disease as measured over the past 14 days hit a new high of 575 cases per 100,000 people, cli...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. bank regulator fines Wells Fargo’s former general counsel for role in sales scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. bank regulator has fined Wells Fargo's former general counsel, James Strother, for his role in the bank's wide-ranging sales scandal. The fine announced Friday by the Off...
Jan 15, 2021
Klain says Biden has had polite talks with Senator McConnell on getting Cabinet appointed
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's incoming chief of staff Ron Klain said on Friday Biden has had polite, straightforward talks with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell about the need to get ...
Jan 15, 2021
