Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Asian shares grind lower amid vaccine doubts, economic concern
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares fell slightly on Friday, pulling back from a record high hit earlier this week, amid renewed doubts about a highly-anticipated coronavirus vaccine and c...
Nov 26, 2020
Britain asks regulator to assess Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Friday asked its medicine regulator to assess Oxford University and AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine candidate for temporary supply, a step towards beginning a roll-out bef...
Nov 26, 2020
Britain to curb Google and Facebook with tougher competition rules
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will impose a new competition regime next year to prevent Google and Facebook using their dominance to push out smaller firms and disadvantage consumers. The ...
Nov 26, 2020
Transport Canada sees ‘greater involvement’ in aircraft validation after 737 MAX crash
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Transport Canada said on Thursday it plans to take a harder look at the relationship between regulators and the manufacturers they oversee, an effort to change the way it validate...
Nov 26, 2020
Ireland set to reopen restaurants, gastropubs from Dec. 7: reports
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's cabinet will be asked on Friday to approve the reopening of restaurants and pubs that serve food from Dec. 7, a week after non-essential retailers will be allowed open the...
Nov 26, 2020
Freed British-Australian academic was detained in Iran due to Israeli partner: media
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A British-Australian academic who was freed from Iranian jail on Thursday was detained in 2018 on espionage charges after authorities there found her partner was an Israeli citizen,...
Nov 26, 2020
Once Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot, Victoria state records 28 days without an infection
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's second-largest state, once the country's COVID-19 hotspot, said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections, a benchmark widely c...
Nov 26, 2020
Trump says he will leave the White House if Electoral College votes for Biden
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will leave the White House if the Electoral College votes for Democratic President-elect Joe Biden. In the nearest ...
Nov 26, 2020
Trump says coronavirus vaccine deliveries to begin next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that delivery of the coronavirus vaccine would begin next week and the week after. Speaking to U.S. troops overseas via video link t...
Nov 26, 2020
Maradona wanted to be embalmed and put on show, friend says
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Few people had the power to say no to Diego Maradona in life but his family appear to have put their foot down on an unusual last request. Maradona, who died from a heart atta...
Nov 26, 2020
