Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Uneven recovery prospects for Africa’s major economies: Reuters poll
By Vuyani Ndaba JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Recovery among Africa's major economies will be mixed and mostly tepid, favouring the more diversified rather than those heavily reliant on commodity exports, ...
Oct 27, 2020
Sweden registered 1,870 new COVID-19 cases on October 23, new record high
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, whose light-touch pandemic strategy has gained global attention, registered 1,870 new coronavirus cases on October 23, the highest since the start of the pandemic, Health...
Oct 27, 2020
Hong Kong police detain three under national security law
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police on Tuesday detained three people under the city's contentious national security law on suspicion of publishing content to incite others to secede ...
Oct 27, 2020
Novavax delays U.S. trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate to November
(Reuters) - Novavax Inc on Tuesday delayed the start of a late-stage U.S. trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine by roughly a month to the end of November, citing delays in scaling up the manuf...
Oct 27, 2020
AMC to reopen eight theaters in California
(Reuters) - AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it plans to reopen eight theaters in California, one of its key markets, providing some much needed hope to an industry that has been hammere...
Oct 27, 2020
‘Very Nice!’: Kazakhstan taps new Borat movie to woo tourists
By Andrew Osborn and Mariya Gordeyeva MOSCOW/ALMATY (Reuters) - Ridiculed once again in a film featuring fictional Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, the ex-Soviet state of Kazakhstan has embraced the ...
Oct 27, 2020
Yemen’s Houthis want to strengthen Iran ties, minister tells Tehran’s new ambassador
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis want to strengthen bilateral ties with Iran in various fields, the foreign minister for the Houthi administration that runs north Yemen told Iran's new ambassador to ...
Oct 27, 2020
Shopify to partner with TikTok in bid to woo more merchants to site
By Melissa Fares NEW YORK (Reuters) - Canadian e-commerce company Shopify said on Tuesday it will partner with TikTok to help its one million-plus merchants more easily advertise their products on the...
Oct 27, 2020
Spain’s wine region La Rioja shuts restaurants, bars for a month
MADRID (Reuters) - The wine-producing region of La Rioja on Tuesday ordered the closure of restaurants and bars in its two largest towns for a month to try to curb the coronavirus contagion. This was ...
Oct 27, 2020
Catalan cat shelter gets smart to help COVID orphans
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Overflowing with aging cats who lost their owners to the COVID-19 pandemic, Barcelona's cat sanctuary El Jardinet dels Gats has launched an online campaign to get them adopted. A...
Oct 27, 2020
