Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain says decision to suspend U.S. tariffs already paying off
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday its decision to suspend retaliatory tariffs against the United States was already bearing fruit after it was spared in a new round of U.S. tariff increases ...
Dec 31, 2020
UK names Tesco and Pizza Hut for biggest breaches of minimum wage law
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco and Pizza Hut were the two biggest offenders among 139 employers who failed to pay staff the minimum wage between 2016 and 2018, Britain's government announc...
Dec 31, 2020
Israel expects to get Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine by March, minister says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel expects to begin receiving Moderna Inc.'s coronavirus vaccines by March "at the latest", Health Minister Yuli Edelstein told Ynet TV on Thursday. In June, Israel signed an...
Dec 31, 2020
Turkey to announce interim Sinovac results in mid-Jan -head of study
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's trials of COVID-19 vaccines from China's Sinovac will reach interim results in mid-January with at least 40 infected cases, a key threshold for approvals, the coordinator o...
Dec 31, 2020
Israel juggles supplies, pace in bid for full vaccination of at-risk groups
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is juggling supplies and pace in its COVID-19 vaccination drive in the hope of meeting a late-January goal of full protection for its most vulnerable peopl...
Dec 31, 2020
Dutch lockdown to last at least to mid-February – health chief
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A national lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the Netherlands will probably have to last at least until mid-February and even then can only be partially lifted, on...
Dec 31, 2020
Vatican denies knowledge of $1.8 billion transferred to Australia
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican and the Australian Catholic Church have both denied knowledge of transfers worth US$1.8 billion which Australia's financial watchdog says have b...
Dec 31, 2020
Whitmer vetoes bills that would have limited her administration’s pandemic powers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – As expected, Governor Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have halted emergency public health orders after 28 days unless the Legislature approved. The...
Dec 31, 2020
Northern Ireland follows rest of UK, Ireland in delaying school return
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Primary and secondary school children in Northern Ireland will return to the classroom later than planned because of "unprecedented levels" of positive COVID-19 tests since Christma...
Dec 31, 2020
UK military ready to deliver 100,000 vaccine doses a day – defence secretary
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's armed forces could administer 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine a day if required, helping immunise millions of vulnerable people before the spring, Defence Secretary Ben ...
Dec 31, 2020
