Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID-19 vaccinations to start across EU from December 27 – German health minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - All European Union member states plan to start vaccinations against COVID-19 from Dec. 27, German health minister Jens Spahn said on Thursday. "In Germany we will start, if the appr...
Dec 17, 2020
UK ONS says 80% of businesses are currently trading
LONDON (Reuters) - The proportion of British businesses trading during the coronavirus pandemic increased to 80% during the last two weeks, up from 77% in the previous two week period when England was...
Dec 17, 2020
UK job furlough spending rises to 46.4 billion pounds
LONDON (Reuters) - British public spending on furloughing private-sector employees unable to work due to the coronavirus rose to a total 46.4 billion pounds ($63.0 billion) as of Dec. 13, up from 43.0...
Dec 17, 2020
Paris court rejects Amber, Vivendi push for Lagardere shareholder meeting
PARIS (Reuters) - Hedge fund Amber Capital and French media group Vivendi on Thursday lost their attempt to push French conglomerate Lagardere to hold an extraordinary shareholder meeting at which the...
Dec 17, 2020
Russia fines Google for failing to remove content from search engine – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court fined Google 3 million roubles ($41,000) on Thursday for failing to remove banned content from its search engine, the Interfax news agency reported. ($1 = 72.8400 ro...
Dec 17, 2020
Russia’s Putin says 13% poverty level is too high
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said a recent increase in Russia's poverty level to more than 13% was too high, but said that should fall to 6.5% by 2030. (Reporting by...
Dec 17, 2020
Euro zone inflation confirmed as negative in Nov for fourth month
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone annual inflation was negative for a fourth consecutive month in November, matching a four-year low, as energy prices were around 8% lower than a year earlier. Inflation ...
Dec 17, 2020
‘The fear is intense’: Afghan ‘sticky bombs’, used by Taliban, on the rise
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Killings by small, magnetic bombs slapped under vehicles are unnerving Afghan officials, activists and journalists, who blame the Taliban for ...
Dec 17, 2020
UK going the ‘extra mile’ in Brexit trade talks – Gove says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is going the extra mile to get a Brexit trade deal but Prime Minister Boris Johnson will only give consent to a deal that is in the best interests of the country, Chancellor...
Dec 17, 2020
Putin says he will receive Russian-made vaccine against COVID-19 when possible
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had yet to be inoculated with a Russian-made vaccine against COVID-19 but would do so when possible. The Russian leader has gone to great...
Dec 17, 2020
