Author Archives: Syndicated Content
E-scooters take off in COVID-hit London despite legal obstacles
By Ben Makori LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of London commuters have ditched the city's underground trains and buses during the COVID-19 pandemic for a more personal form of electric transportation: an...
Dec 17, 2020
German cemetery stores COVID-19 dead as hospital mortuaries fill up
HANAU, Germany (Reuters) - A cemetery in the German city of Hanau has started to temporarily store the bodies of people who have died from COVID-19 in a metal shipping container because hospital mortu...
Dec 17, 2020
NHL: Blues forward Steen retires due to back injury
St. Louis Blues forward Alexander Steen retired Thursday due to a back injury following a 15-year career that included a Stanley Cup championship in 2018-19. Steen, 36, recorded 622 points (245 goals,...
Dec 17, 2020
Pope sends envoy to Lukashenko after exiling of Belarusian archbishop
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A special envoy from Pope Francis met on Thursday with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Vatican said, following tensions between the governmen...
Dec 17, 2020
Unemployment in Latin America to hit highest level in more than a decade – ILO
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean will hit its highest level in more than a decade this year, 10.6%, and rise further in 2021 as the coranvirus pandemic weighs on th...
Dec 17, 2020
India’s Supreme Court declines calls to ban farmers’ protest
By Suchitra, Mohanty and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Friday declined calls to ban a weeks-long farmers' protest and asked the government and unions to help form a co...
Dec 17, 2020
Walmart partners with TikTok to sell merchandise while livestreaming
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc, which is looking to invest in TikTok, said on Thursday it would partner with the Chinese-owned video-sharing app to sell items seen on a livestream by creators featuring the r...
Dec 17, 2020
Trump says he is not involved in potential prosecution of Hunter Biden
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had "NOTHING to do" with any potential prosecution of President-Elect Joe Biden's son, Hunter. In a tweet, Trump s...
Dec 17, 2020
Any possible port disruption will be short-lived, says UK’s Gove
LONDON (Reuters) - Any possible disruption at Britain's ports after Britain ends its status quo transition period with the European Union and introduces new customs rules will be short-lived, British ...
Dec 17, 2020
Irish data regulator defends order to halt Facebook data flow
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's data regulator defended its provisional order to halt Facebook user data transfers to the United States from the European Union, telling the Irish High Court on Thursday s...
Dec 17, 2020
