Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions
By Luc Cohen and Marianna Parraga (Reuters) - Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according to Refinitiv Eikon ...
Nov 26, 2020
Mexico’s coronavirus death toll rises above 104,000
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Thursday reported 8,107 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and 645 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of infections to ...
Nov 26, 2020
Dollar poised for weekly losses on improving risk sentiment
By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held steady in thin trade on Friday but was on track for weekly losses against a basket of major currencies as it remained under pressure on improving ri...
Nov 26, 2020
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
