Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Volkswagen to invest 73 billion euros in e-mobility, digital tech in next five years
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen plans to invest 73 billion euros ($86 billion) in e-mobility, hybrid technology and digitalization within the next five years to adapt to changes in the industry, it said...
Nov 13, 2020
Bolsonaro’s support falls in Brazil’s two main cities: poll
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's support has fallen in So Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on the eve of municipal elections, according to a Datafolha survey conducted on Nov. 9...
Nov 13, 2020
Bank of England warns insurers risk unexpected COVID losses
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Insurers in Britain risk being optimistic in estimating losses from COVID-19 related claims and should stress test their underlying assumptions, the Bank of England sai...
Nov 13, 2020
Senior South Africa ANC leader Magashule granted bail in graft case
By Promit Mukherjee and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A top official in South Africa's governing African National Congress was granted bail on Friday, in a graft case that has highlighted div...
Nov 13, 2020
Lockdown 2.0: Food companies overhauled production to put more toilet paper, pasta sauce in stores
By Richa Naidu, Victoria Waldersee and Siddharth Cavale CHICAGO/LISBON (Reuters) - When rumors first began to circulate that the UK would go back into lockdown, Leanne Barnes despaired as bread and to...
Nov 13, 2020
Swiss start rolling review of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine candidate
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic said on Friday it has begun a rolling review of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate from U.S.-based Moderna , which is currently analyzing data from a larg...
Nov 13, 2020
France’s COVID-19 ‘Ground Zero’ turns saviour in second wave
By Christian Hartmann STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - In the first wave of COVID-19 earlier this year, the region around Strasbourg was so badly hit that it had to evacuate patients by helicopter. In t...
Nov 13, 2020
Western Saharan Polisario says Morocco has ‘ignited war’
ALGIERS (Reuters) - The Polisario movement seeking independence for Western Sahara said on Friday that Morocco has broken the 1991 ceasefire between them and had "begun the battle and ignited the war"...
Nov 13, 2020
Germany says Russian sanctions related to Navalny unjustified
BERLIN (Reuters) - Russian sanctions against Germany in the case of the poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny are not justified, a German government spokesman said in Berlin on Friday. "A Russian cit...
Nov 13, 2020
Fauci not advising Biden, sees no reason to quit Trump now: Reuters interview
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said he has had no contact with President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus transition team and sees no ...
Nov 13, 2020
