Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cambodia court jails rappers for rhymes inciting crimes
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court convicted two rappers and sentenced them to up to a year and a half in prison on Tuesday on charges of incitement over their rhymes about soc...
Dec 22, 2020
Two Vatican cardinals, papal aides, test positive for coronavirus – source
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Two Vatican cardinals, including one who spends most his time helping Rome's homeless, have tested positive for the coronavirus, a Vatican source said on Tu...
Dec 22, 2020
It will be weeks before German coronavirus cases fall, says RKI health institute
BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases (RKI) appealed to Germans on Tuesday to keep contact with other people to an absolute minimum and not to travel over Ch...
Dec 22, 2020
Blockchain firm Ripple plans to fight approaching U.S. SEC lawsuit
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ripple, the blockchain payments company associated with the cryptocurrency XRP, said on Tuesday it would oppose a lawsuit against it by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissio...
Dec 22, 2020
WHO calls meeting on new virus variant, European head says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a meeting of members to discuss strategies to counter a new, more infectious coronavirus strain that emerged in Britain, its Europea...
Dec 22, 2020
Italians flock to ‘cashback’ card payment scheme despite objections
By Elisa Anzolin MILAN (Reuters) - More than 5.3 million Italians have signed up for a government scheme offering a 10% refund for card payments in stores in just two weeks, an attempt by Rome to curb...
Dec 22, 2020
BioNTech says EU countries that want COVID-19 shots to get them within 5 days
ZURICH (Reuters) - European Union countries that want the COVID-19 vaccine made by BioNTech SE and Pfizer following its approval in the bloc will receive doses in the next five days, a BioNTech execut...
Dec 22, 2020
‘Beyond’ gambling, Macau turns to tech to establish China gateway
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Macau is betting on a new tech trade fair to help diversify its gambling-reliant economy and establish itself as a gateway to China as it recovers from coro...
Dec 22, 2020
Gas pipeline blast kills one, destroys houses in western India
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A blast at a gas pipeline in the western Indian state of Gujarat killed one person and injured two others early on Tuesday, authorities said. It was not immediately clear ...
Dec 22, 2020
Israeli envoys fly to Morocco to see king, firm up U.S.-brokered ties
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel sent envoys to Morocco on Tuesday to meet its king and hammer out an upgrade of ties that was forged by the White House in a parting foreign-policy push by...
Dec 22, 2020
