Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Morocco, Israel normalisation is ‘betrayal’ of Palestine – Iranian official
DUBAI (Reuters) - Morocco's normalisation of relations with Israel is a betrayal and a stab in the back of Palestine, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, an adviser to Iran's parliamentary speaker, said on Frid...
Dec 11, 2020
Lloyds says Black employees paid nearly a fifth less than colleagues
LONDON (Reuters) - Black employees at Lloyds are paid nearly a fifth less on average than their colleagues, according to an ethnicity pay gap report published by the bank on Friday. The median pay gap...
Dec 11, 2020
French mistrust of government could hamper coronavirus vaccine drive
By Caroline Pailliez HERBLAY-SUR-SEINE, France (Reuters) - Boris Czajka knows how dangerous the coronavirus is. His wife Steffie suffered from an infection for months, and at the peak of her illness s...
Dec 11, 2020
Sequoia and KKR lead ByteDance funding round that values it at $180 billion: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firms Sequoia Capital and KKR & Co are leading ByteDance's latest funding round that will value the Chinese tech giant and TikTok owner at $180 billion, two peo...
Dec 11, 2020
More witnesses expected in Huawei CFO’s extradition case after ‘incomplete’ testimony interruption
By Sarah Berman VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's witness cross examination has been extended into next week, as the court proceedings on Thursday were disrupted for ...
Dec 11, 2020
Any vaccine adverse effects up to national agencies to review – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Any adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccines is for national authorities to review, a WHO spokeswoman said on Friday, in response to questions on Britain's regulatory agency warning p...
Dec 11, 2020
‘The country needs me:’ cleaner in Chicago’s COVID wards proud to fight pandemic
By Shannon Stapleton and Ana Isabel Martinez CHICAGO (Reuters) - When hospital cleaner Evelia De La Cruz was assigned to the COVID-19 ward in March, she was afraid. A 60-year-old immigrant from the so...
Dec 11, 2020
Vaccine carrots or sticks? U.S. businesses grapple with getting employees inoculated
By Erwin Seba and Jessica Resnick-Ault HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. workers could soon face choices such as free COVID-19 shots and a cash bonus if all get immunized, or those unwilling to be vaccinated g...
Dec 11, 2020
Indiana hospital rehearses roll-out of much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine
By Brendan O'Brien INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - An Indiana hospital on Friday will conduct a rehearsal of procedures for administering Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, anticipating that it will be able to begin...
Dec 11, 2020
Lockheed Martin to join Japan’s new fighter jet program: Nikkei
(Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp, the maker of the F-35 stealth jet, will join a project led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to build a new fighter plane that Japan's air force is expected to fie...
Dec 11, 2020
