Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exclusive: EU Commission to intervene in tech, carmakers’ patent dispute – document
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission plans to step into the patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers and may set up a system to check whether some patents are essent...
Nov 19, 2020
As COVID toll among Kenyan doctors jumps, one widow shares her grief
By Baz Ratner and Maggie Fick KHUMUSALABA, Kenya (Reuters) - When Daniel Alushula began gasping for air after contracting COVID-19 last month, all the intensive care beds in his home town hospital wer...
Nov 19, 2020
Round the world on an electric boat: Briton commemorates Magellan
SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) - British navigator Jimmy Cornell set sail from Seville in Spain on Thursday to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the first voyage around the world - this time on an electr...
Nov 19, 2020
Peter Thiel joins board of antibody therapy developer AbCellera
(Reuters) - Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel has joined AbCellera Biologics Inc's board of directors, the Canadian antibody therapy developer said on Thursday. Thiel, who has backed several ...
Nov 19, 2020
Chinese social media firm JOYY calls Muddy Waters’ report erroneous
(Reuters) - Chinese social networking platform JOYY Inc said on Thursday that a report by short seller Muddy Waters contained numerous errors and that it was open to cash verification conducted by com...
Nov 19, 2020
U.S. existing home sales rise for fifth straight month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home sales increased for a fifth straight month in October, but record-high house prices because of tight supply could slow momentum. The National Association of Realtors s...
Nov 19, 2020
Yemen aid workers fear possible U.S. blacklisting of Houthis
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Humanitarian agencies say a possible U.S. designation of Yemen's Houthi group as a foreign terrorist organisation would prevent lifesaving aid to the conflict-rive...
Nov 19, 2020
Inflation-hedge, risk-on bet: What’s behind bitcoin’s 2020 rally?
By Tom Wilson and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Is it an inflation hedge? A currency? Or just another niche asset to take a punt on? Bitcoin is in the headlines, re-kindling a debate over its tru...
Nov 19, 2020
UK reports 501 COVID deaths, 22,915 new cases
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded a further 501 deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test on Thursday, a decrease from 529 a day earlier, government figures showed. There were 22,915 people ...
Nov 19, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations rise by nearly 50% in 2 weeks, ushering in new shutdowns
By Anurag Maan and Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States has jumped nearly 50% in the last 14 days, straining the nation's healthcare system...
Nov 19, 2020
