Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain introduces new company rules to stop links to China’s Xinjiang
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will introduce new rules for companies to try to prevent goods from China's Xinjiang region entering the supply chain, foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday, toughen...
Jan 12, 2021
Kenya drops charges against officials due to testify against ex-finance minister
By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya dropped charges on Tuesday against two senior former officials who prosecutors said had agreed to provide testimony against a former finance minister and o...
Jan 12, 2021
Greece proposes joint EU vaccination certificate to ease travel
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Tuesday for the creation of an EU-wide COVID-19 vaccination certificate to help restore cross-border travel that has been devastat...
Jan 12, 2021
Kremlin foe Navalny says Russian prison authority has asked a court to jail him
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Tuesday that Russia's prison authority has asked a court to jail him for having allegedly broken the terms of a suspended sentence he has been ...
Jan 12, 2021
Snow-struck Madrid struggles with cleanup as record frost grips Spain
MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities struggled to clear ice and fallen trees from the streets of Madrid on Tuesday, and temperatures in parts of Spain hit record lows after a snowstorm wrought havoc across ...
Jan 12, 2021
Third of oil and gas workers faced pay cut in 2020 due to pandemic, survey shows
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) - Almost one in three workers in the oil and gas industry faced pay cuts in 2020, a worldwide survey showed on Tuesday, as the coronavirus crisis drove down f...
Jan 12, 2021
Father of the Web Tim Berners-Lee prepares ‘do-over’
(Reuters) - Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who was knighted for inventing the internet navigation system known as the World Wide Web, wants to re-make cyberspace once again. With ...
Jan 12, 2021
Factbox: Reports into abuses in the Irish Catholic Church
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish inquiry into alarming death rates among newborns at church-run homes for unwed mothers will hand down its final report on Tuesday, laying bare one of the Catholic Church's ...
Jan 12, 2021
Swiss drugs regulator approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's drug regulator on Tuesday approved Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, adding a second shot to the country's arsenal against the new coronavirus. "Following a thorough rev...
Jan 12, 2021
EU seeks space alliance to defend against U.S. and Chinese ambitions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will pursue a more aggressive European space strategy to prevent being muscled out by U.S. and Chinese launcher technology, setting up an European alliance with...
Jan 12, 2021
