Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Facebook-backed digital coin Libra renamed Diem in quest for approval
By Anna Irrera and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra has been rebranded "Diem" in a renewed effort to gain regulatory approval by stressing the project's independence....
Dec 01, 2020
Brazen gun battle in Brazil bank heist leaves cash scattered on road
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Bank robbers in southern Brazil blasted explosives and fired high-caliber weapons at police late on Monday, in an audacious heist that injured two people and left reams of c...
Dec 01, 2020
Friends or foes? Syrian refugees divided on fate of defectors
By Joseph Nasr GERA, Germany (Reuters) - Should former members of the Syrian security forces who have defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government be prosecuted for war crimes, or should they ...
Dec 01, 2020
Germany’s Scholz: No EU country ‘so unwise’ to block recovery plan over rule-of-law
BERLIN (Reuters) - European Union member states will soon agree on a disputed rule-of-law mechanism linked to the bloc's recovery plan as all countries, including Poland and Hungary, would benefit fro...
Dec 01, 2020
Wall Street set for strong start to December on vaccine optimism
By Shriya Ramakrishnan and Medha Singh (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Tuesday as better-than-expected factory data from China and hopes that a COVID-19 vaccine will ...
Dec 01, 2020
VW bets on Porsche racecar engineer to help overtake Tesla
By Edward Taylor, Jan Schwartz and Jrn Poltz FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Alexander Hitzinger, a 49-year-old engineer who defected to Apple after helping to develop Porsche's winning 919 racecar, has been lu...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. accuses China of ‘flagrant violation’ of North Korea sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Tuesday accused China of "flagrant violation" of its obligation to enforce international sanctions on North Korea and said Washington would offer rew...
Dec 01, 2020
Polish doctors fear high rate of positive COVID tests show pandemic worse than it appears
By Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) - Waldemar Witecki from the southwestern Polish town of Zagan was a healthy 64-year-old with no pre-existing conditions when he first developed a fever and chills ...
Dec 01, 2020
Fiat brand to electrify 60% of its models by end-2021: Executive
MILAN (Reuters) - By the end of next year 60% of the car models offered by Fiat Chrysler's Fiat brand will be electrified, either hybrid or full electric, the Head for EMEA for Fiat, Lancia and Abarth...
Dec 01, 2020
EMA starts rolling review of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
(Reuters) - Europe's health regulator said on Tuesday it had started a real-time review of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine candidate after preliminary results showed that the shot triggered the p...
Dec 01, 2020
