Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French scientist sees no return to post-COVID-19 normal before autumn 2021
PARIS (Reuters) - The French population will probably not return to a "normal" post COVID-19 life before autumn 2021, a senior government scientific adviser said on Friday. "We have a virus which cont...
Dec 18, 2020
‘I Feel Fine’ – Beatles legend McCartney gives COVID vaccine a shot in the arm
LONDON (Reuters) - Beatles legend Paul McCartney gave Britain's COVID-19 vaccine rollout a big shot in the arm by vowing to be among the first global superstars to be inoculated, The Sun newspaper rep...
Dec 18, 2020
New English lockdown can’t be ruled out after Christmas, minister suggests
LONDON (Reuters) -A new national lockdown in England cannot be ruled out after Christmas, British schools minister Nick Gibb said on Friday, although he emphasised the regional "tiered" system of COVI...
Dec 18, 2020
Tencent-led consortium buys extra 10% of Vivendi’s Universal
PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi said on Friday a Tencent-led consortium would exercise its option to buy an additional 10% stake in Universal Music Group (UMG), home to Taylor Swift and The Beatles, based o...
Dec 18, 2020
Britain wants Brexit trade deal but prepared to walk away unless EU moves – minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain wants a free trade deal with the European Union but is prepared to walk away from talks without one unless the bloc changes its stance and respects British sovereignty, Brit...
Dec 18, 2020
Barclays UK chairman Cheshire steps down, Crawford Gillies takes over
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays' UK director and chair Ian Cheshire is stepping down from Jan 1 2021 to be succeed by Crawford Gillies, the bank said on Friday. Cheshire has decided he is unable to take o...
Dec 18, 2020
YouTube faces complaints of lax approach on overseas election misinformation
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After facing heavy criticism for not doing enough to stem misinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential election, YouTube announced last week it would remove vide...
Dec 18, 2020
UK retail sales fell in November as lockdown hit stores
LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales fell 3.8% on the month in November when a four-week lockdown in England closed stores selling non-essential goods to the public, official figures showed on Frid...
Dec 18, 2020
Analysis-U.S., Iran and inertia, an axis to dampen France’s Lebanese dreams
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - During a visit to Paris last month, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that Washington was unhappy with France's strategy to help resolve the economic and p...
Dec 18, 2020
‘Life is short’: Wuhan’s COVID-19 survivors share lessons one year on
By Cate Cadell and Thomas Suen WUHAN, China (Reuters) - In late 2019, Wuhan businesswoman Duan Ling and her surgeon husband Fang Yushun began to hear snippets in hospital chat groups about a disease e...
Dec 18, 2020
