Author Archives: Syndicated Content
National COVID lockdown in England not inevitable, UK minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - A national lockdown in England is not inevitable to contain an increase in COVID-19 cases, British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday, adding that a localised approach cou...
Oct 30, 2020
Crypto hedge funds rack up steep gains on lending surge
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency hedge funds have posted hefty gains so far this year, benefiting from the surge in transactions that allow lenders and borrowers to tran...
Oct 30, 2020
Russia’s daily coronavirus cases surge above 18,000 to record high
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's daily tally of coronavirus cases surged to a record high of 18,283 on Friday, including 5,268 in Moscow, taking the national total to 1,599,976 since the pandemic began. Au...
Oct 30, 2020
COVID-19 rains on Australia’s Melbourne Cup parade
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Melbourne Cup has drawn a crowd for over 150 years but next week's running will be a subdued affair with social distancing rules robbing "the race that ...
Oct 30, 2020
Protesting Thai students boycott royal graduation day
By Jiraporn Kuhakan and Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - Some students sympathetic to Thai protesters said on Friday they were boycotting graduation ceremonies led by King Maha Vajiralongkorn i...
Oct 30, 2020
‘War against Islamist ideology’ means more attacks in France: interior minister
PARIS (Reuters) - More attacks on French soil are likely as France is engaged in a "war against Islamist ideology", its interior minister said on Friday. A knife-wielding Tunisian man shouting "Allahu...
Oct 30, 2020
AstraZeneca sells right to heart failure, blood pressure drugs for $400 million
(Reuters) - British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc said on Friday it would sell commercial rights for two of its heart failure and blood pressure medicines to German pharmaceutical company Cheplapharm Arzn...
Oct 30, 2020
Angry Birds maker Rovio reports profit jump
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Rovio Entertainment, maker of the 10-year-old "Angry Birds" mobile game series, on Friday reported a 138% jump in third-quarter adjusted operating profit, helped by lower marketin...
Oct 30, 2020
47-year-old man in custody over alleged links to Nice knife attacker: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - A 47-year old man has been placed in custody suspected of having been in contact with the perpretator of Thursday's deadly knife attack in Nice, BFM TV reported, citing a police sour...
Oct 30, 2020
Falcons’ Harris ejected after hit on Panthers’ Bridgewater
Carolina quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was briefly knocked out of the Panthers' Thursday game after a play that saw the ejection of Atlanta Falcons defensive end Charles Harris. Late in the third quar...
Oct 30, 2020
