Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Euro zone sentiment improves in December, but inflation still negative
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Economic sentiment in the euro zone improved as expected in December due to less gloom in industry and among consumers, but consumer prices fell for the fifth ...
Jan 07, 2021
Belgian Mertens pulls out of Abu Dhabi with shoulder injury
(Reuters) - Belgian Elise Mertens withdrew from the WTA 500 event in Abu Dhabi on Thursday with a right shoulder injury hours before her opening match of the 2021 tennis season, the women's governing ...
Jan 07, 2021
UK tax authority fines MT Global $32 million over money laundering breaches
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's tax authority has slapped a record 23.8 million pound ($32.4 million) fine on MT Global Ltd, a private money services business, for significant breaches of anti money laun...
Jan 07, 2021
Natural disasters cause $210 billion in damage in 2020, insurer says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Natural catastrophes around the world resulted in $210 billion in damage in 2020, with the United States especially hard hit by hurricanes and wildfires, a top insurer said on Th...
Jan 07, 2021
Volvo Cars posts 6% December sales rise as recovery continues
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Car maker Volvo Cars said on Thursday its sales grew 6% in December, marking a continued sharp recovery from the lows earlier this year in the wake of the pandemic . The company,...
Jan 07, 2021
UK preparing in case London is overwhelmed by COVID- health minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is making preparations in case London is overwhelmed by COVID infections, health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday, saying a so-called "Nightingale" field hospital will...
Jan 07, 2021
Spain will receive 600,000 doses of Moderna vaccine in next six weeks, minister says
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will receive 600,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine against coronavirus within the coming six weeks as part of the European Union contract, Health Minister Salvador Illa said on...
Jan 07, 2021
WHO Europe urges safe flexibility on timing of COVID-19 vaccine doses
(Reuters) - European countries rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine should be flexible on the time between the first and second doses, the World Health Organization's director for the regi...
Jan 07, 2021
Amid COVID-19 surge, S.Africa health minister aims to vaccinate for herd immunity
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's health minister on Thursday detailed plans to vaccinate 40 million people or two-thirds of its population against COVID-19 in order to achieve herd immunity, as...
Jan 07, 2021
Malaysia reports 3,027 new coronavirus cases, biggest daily jump
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Thursday reported 3,027 new coronavirus cases, the biggest daily increase recorded in the country since the start of the pandemic. A recent surge in infections has...
Jan 07, 2021
