Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ireland shuts retail as new COVID-19 strain fuels infection surge
By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is to shut down all non-essential retail and extend school holidays in bid to curb a surge in a new strain of COVID-19 that is spreading faster than all f...
Dec 30, 2020
J.C. Penney starts search for new CEO as Soltau to exit
(Reuters) -Department store chain J.C. Penney Co Inc said on Wednesday new owners Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management Inc have begun a search for a new chief executive officer to repl...
Dec 30, 2020
EU drug watchdog looking at timing of dosage in Astra-Oxford vaccine review -source
LONDON (Reuters) - The EU drug watchdog is looking at when people should be given the second dose of AstraZeneca and Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine, rather than at the size of the first dose, as...
Dec 30, 2020
France’s new coronavirus infections above 26,000 over 24 hours
PARIS (Reuters) - The French health ministry reported 26,457 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Wednesday, up sharply from 11,395 on Tuesday, and a level unseen since Nov. 18. France...
Dec 30, 2020
Second indigenous activist killed in Honduras in past week
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An indigenous leader and activist was killed in northern Honduras, officials said on Wednesday, the second such murder in the Central American country in le...
Dec 30, 2020
Ivory Coast opposition leader Affi released 2 months after election-spat arrest
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast opposition leader Pascal Affi N'Guessan was released on Wednesday after nearly two months in custody for creating a breakaway government after a disputed presidential e...
Dec 30, 2020
French truckers brace for disruption as Britain restores hard border with Europe
By Ardee Napolitano CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Red tape, new "smart borders" that don't talk to one another and ill-prepared traders threaten border chaos, French truckers warned a day before Britain ...
Dec 30, 2020
Migrants stranded in open air in Bosnia after relocation fails
BIHAC, Bosnia (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East were left stranded in the open air on Wednesday when an attempt to relocate them to another site in Bosnia after fi...
Dec 30, 2020
Reuters cameraman detained in Ethiopia has seen no evidence against him, lawyer says
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Reuters cameraman Kumerra Gemechu has been held in solitary confinement for nearly a week without charge or being given any evidence of wrongdoing, his lawyer said. His lawyer Melk...
Dec 30, 2020
New Biden cabinet officials to be announced next week – Biden transition official
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - More cabinet officials will be announced next week by the incoming Biden administration, a transitional official said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt)
Dec 30, 2020
