Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain’s Asda urges lockdown shoppers not to stockpile
LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket group Asda on Wednesday urged its customers to shop considerately and not buy more than they normally would after new COVID-19 lockdowns were introduced across t...
Jan 06, 2021
Wikileaks’ Assange denied bail by London court
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange was denied bail on Wednesday by a British court. "I am satisfied that there are substantial grounds for believing that if Mr Assange is released to...
Jan 06, 2021
Russia inoculates 1 million people against COVID-19
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has inoculated one million people against COVID-19 with its Sputnik V vaccine, according to a statement on the Sputnik V Twitter account on Wednesday. Russia, which has the w...
Jan 06, 2021
Hungary should extend partial lockdown beyond Monday, surgeon general says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary should extend a partial lockdown currently due to end on Monday because of a rise in coronavirus infections in neighbouring countries, Surgeon General Cecilia Muller said ...
Jan 06, 2021
China suspends poultry imports from France due to bird flu
(Reuters) - China has stopped poultry imports from France due to highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu from Jan. 5 to protect the country's animal husbandry sector, the General Administration of Customs sai...
Jan 06, 2021
Britain signs 550 million sterling weapons contract for F-35 jets
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday that it signed a 550 million pound ($751 million) contract with European weapons-maker MBDA to manufacture surface-attack missiles for use on the country's...
Jan 06, 2021
UnitedHealth to buy Change Healthcare for $7.84 billion to build up technology services
(Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group has agreed to buy Change Healthcare for $7.84 billion in cash, the companies said on Wednesday, to beef up its portfolio of healthcare technology services. The health ins...
Jan 06, 2021
UC San Diego offers students COVID test kits by vending machine
By Mike Blake and Steve Gorman SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The University of California's San Diego campus has launched the winter academic term with a unique twist to its coronavirus safety regimen: newly ...
Jan 06, 2021
Explainer: The meeting of the U.S. Congress that will seal Biden’s win
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress will convene on Wednesday to set the seal on President-elect Joe Biden's victory in what is expected to be an unusually contentious and drawn-out ...
Jan 06, 2021
Fed minutes may shed light on bond plans, views of vaccine
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's decision in December to leave its monthly bond purchases unchanged dismayed analysts and investors who thought the central bank should ...
Jan 06, 2021
