Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bosnia’s coronavirus deaths pass 1,000 as cases in Montenegro rise
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Deaths from the novel coronavirus in Bosnia passed a fresh threshold above 1,000 with 20 new fatalities reported on Tuesday, as the daily number of cases hit a new record of 728, ...
Oct 20, 2020
U.S. government to file antitrust lawsuit against Google later on Tuesday: source
By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law ...
Oct 20, 2020
Yazidi Iraqi keeps tradition alive of arak-making from dates
By Kawa Omar BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) - Saad Hussein, a 42-year-old Yazidi Iraqi, is one of the last in the northern region of Nineveh producing the anise-flavoured spirit, arak, from local dates. Forc...
Oct 20, 2020
U.S. Justice Department sets antitrust briefing; no mention of Google
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said that it would hold a media briefing on Tuesday on an antitrust announcement but did not mention Google. The Justice Department is expected to su...
Oct 20, 2020
Athletics: Anti-doping charges against world 400m champion Naser dismissed
(Reuters) - World 400 metres champion Salwa Eid Naser has been cleared of committing an anti-doping rule violation after a World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal dismissed charges brought against her f...
Oct 20, 2020
‘It’s a Powerpoint killer’ – Berlin startup Pitch goes live
BERLIN (Reuters) - Take a Powerpoint slide deck, embed it in an online teamworking tool and add video conferencing and you have Pitch: a collaborative presentation application that launched on Tuesday...
Oct 20, 2020
Spain to receive 31.6 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain would receive 31.6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine currently being developed by Britain's pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca between December and June if it is ready, Heal...
Oct 20, 2020
Poland delays emergency COVID debate, new cases near record high
WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish parliament postponed an emergency debate on Tuesday on new rules to boost the number of medics available to treat COVID-19 cases, as Poland reported its second steepest d...
Oct 20, 2020
Spain’s Rovi to start manufacturing Moderna vaccine “very soon” if approved
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's pharmaceutical firm Rovi, in charge of the "fill and finish" final stage of manufacturing for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine candidate outside the United States, said on Tuesday...
Oct 20, 2020
Nigeria’s Lagos imposes 24-hour curfew amid protests against police
LAGOS (Reuters) - The Nigerian state of Lagos on Tuesday imposed a 24-hour curfew, saying that protests against alleged police brutality had turned violent. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the curfew...
Oct 20, 2020
