Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Vietnam steps up online crackdown, jailed activists at record high: Amnesty
HANOI (Reuters) - The number of political prisoners in Vietnam has reached its highest on record, according to a tally by Amnesty International, which in a report on Tuesday accused Facebook and Googl...
Nov 30, 2020
Dutch government says 2020 debt-to-GDP to hit 57.4% due to coronavirus support
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government expects its debt-to-GDP ratio to have risen to 57.4% by the end of 2020 as a result of heavy spending to support the economy during the coronavirus pandemic,...
Nov 30, 2020
With vaccines within reach, U.S. braces for post-Thanksgiving coronavirus surge
By Doina Chiacu and Peter Szekely WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a Thanksgiving weekend when the number of people traveling through U.S. airports reached its highest since mid-March, a top government of...
Nov 30, 2020
Barkin: No ‘huge drop’ yet in real time measures of economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. recovery is facing near term risks from the surging number of coronavirus cases and the end of unemployment benefits for many workers, but there are better medium term ...
Nov 30, 2020
WHO’s Tedros says ‘Let’s not politicize probe of virus origins’
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's director-general urged countries on Monday not to politicize the hunt for the origins of the novel coronavirus as that would create barriers to learn...
Nov 30, 2020
U.S. Congress races to avoid December government shutdown amid pandemic
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Monday began a two-week sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, the first major tes...
Nov 30, 2020
Canary Islands see tourism improving in 2021, but still far below pre-pandemic levels
MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities on Spain's Canary Islands expect a partial recovery of the archipelago's tourism industry in 2021 as vaccines and testing allow for travel restrictions to be lifted, but...
Nov 30, 2020
Analysis: Small caps set to keep surging as vaccines aid recovery
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - Small cap stocks have far outperformed their larger counterparts in November en route to their best monthly performance on record, and look set to remain Wall...
Nov 30, 2020
Athletics: Russia’s suspended federation appoints new president
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's suspended athletics federation on Monday elected 50-year-old Pyotr Ivanov, the head of the triathlon federation, as its new president as it aims to be reinstated by the spo...
Nov 30, 2020
Italy reports 16,377 new coronavirus cases, 672 deaths – health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 672 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday, against 541 on Sunday, and 16,377 new infections, down from 20,648 the day before, the health ministry said, with the fall in ...
Nov 30, 2020
