Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. decries police use of racial profiling derived from Big Data
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Police and border guards must combat racial profiling and ensure that their use of "big data" collected via artificial intelligence does not reinforce biases ag...
Nov 26, 2020
Danish PM in tears after visiting mink farmer whose animals were culled
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen broke down on Thursday when visiting a mink farmer who lost his herd following the government's order this month to cull all 17 millio...
Nov 26, 2020
Italy reports 29,003 new coronavirus cases, 822 deaths – health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 822 COVID 19-related deaths on Thursday, up from 722 the day before, and 29,003 new infections, up from 25,853 on Wednesday, the health ministry said. There were 232,71...
Nov 26, 2020
Crypto exchange Coinbase hit by connection, latency problems as bitcoin plummets
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Thursday its retail and professional-focused platforms were hit by tech problems, with users reporting difficulty trading as b...
Nov 26, 2020
Britain records 17,555 new Coronavirus cases, 498 new deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded 17,555 new coronavirus cases on Thursday and 498 new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test, official data showed. Both measures were lower than on Wedne...
Nov 26, 2020
Field of candidates widens in heated race for top ICC prosecutor job
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A British lawyer looking into alleged atrocities by Islamic State and a Canadian who helped bring to justice perpetrators of Cambodia's genocide are among five new candidates to ...
Nov 26, 2020
Analysis: Questions over AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine data risk delaying approval
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Days after grabbing headlines with its COVID-19 "vaccine for the world", AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hi...
Nov 26, 2020
Canadian banks delay employees’ return to offices until at least spring
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank said the majority of its employees are unlikely to come back to their workplaces until at least the spring, an internal memo seen by Reu...
Nov 26, 2020
Moscow awaits large supplies of COVID-19 vaccine for mass vaccination
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow is ready for a mass vaccination against COVID-19 and is currently awaiting large supplies of vaccine, its Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday. Sobyanin said there were no ...
Nov 26, 2020
Berlin plans six vast COVID-19 vaccination centres handling 4,000 people a day
By Caroline Copley BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin is racing to open six mass vaccination centres capable of handling up to 4,000 people per day by mid-December, the project coordinator told Reuters on Thur...
Nov 26, 2020
