Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive-Facebook tracking a rise in violent rhetoric tied to U.S. presidential inauguration
By Katie Paul PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has seen an increase in signals indicating potential future acts of violence associated with efforts to contest the result of the U.S. presidential ele...
Jan 13, 2021
UK looking at ways to protect itself against Brazilian COVID variant, says PM Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday the government was looking at ways to stop a variant of the novel coronavirus found in Brazil from entering Britain. "We are concerned...
Jan 13, 2021
Germany to cull 37,000 chickens after bird flu found on farm
HAMBURG (Reuters) - About 37,000 chickens will be slaughtered in Germany after bird flu was found on a farm in the east of the country, authorities said on Wednesday. Type H5N8 bird flu was confirmed ...
Jan 13, 2021
Mobile vaccine team brings relief to Prague’s most vulnerable
PRAGUE (Reuters) - A Prague clinic has launched a mobile team to give COVID-19 shots in senior and social care homes, where hundreds of residents will be among the first in the Czech Republic to escap...
Jan 13, 2021
Golf: Challenge Tour postpones South Africa swing over COVID-19 concerns
(Reuters) - The European Challenge Tour and Sunshine Tour on Wednesday postponed three co-sanctioned events scheduled to take place in South Africa next month due to safety concerns arising from the C...
Jan 13, 2021
Ukraine says it will hold to account those accused of meddling in US election
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine will do everything in its power to hold to account those accused of meddling in elections in the United States, Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's offi...
Jan 13, 2021
If I were president… From climate change to hunger, celebs state their priorities
(Reuters) - As Democrat Joe Biden prepares for his inauguration as the next U.S. president on Jan. 20, Reuters asked celebrities what would be the first thing they would do if they were elected a worl...
Jan 13, 2021
Lockdowns in 2021 threaten to slow first-quarter earnings recovery
By Thyagaraju Adinarayan LONDON (Reuters) - A major chunk of the recovery in companies' earnings expected in the first quarter is at risk of being pushed back further as lockdowns and mobility restric...
Jan 13, 2021
Mexico to invoke labor rule to ensure U.S. vaccines for illegal migrants
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will invoke labor provisions in the new North American trade pact in a bid to ensure that illegal migrants in the United States receive coronavirus vaccines, the country...
Jan 13, 2021
Dollar General plans to pay employees to get COVID-19 vaccination
(Reuters) - Dollar General Corp will offer frontline employees four hours worth of pay after they get the COVID-19 vaccine, the discount retailer said on Wednesday, making it one of first U.S. compani...
Jan 13, 2021
