Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Figure skating: Skate Canada cancelled after rise in COVID-19 cases
(Reuters) - The Skate Canada International Grand Prix has been cancelled because of COVID-19 health and safety concerns, Skate Canada said on Wednesday. The second event on the figure skating Grand Pr...
Oct 14, 2020
Wales to ban entry to people in COVID hotspots in rest of UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Wales announced on Wednesday that people living in areas with high rates of COVID-19 infections in the rest of the United Kingdom will be banned from entering the country. Under pla...
Oct 14, 2020
BlackRock invests $118 million in UK electric vehicle startup Arrival
(Reuters) - British electric vehicle startup Arrival said on Wednesday it has raised $118 million from U.S. funds manager BlackRock Inc . Five-year-old Arrival is focused on development of electric co...
Oct 14, 2020
Belgium fears ICU beds may run out as COVID cases soar
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian hospitals could run out of intensive care unit (ICU) beds by the middle of next month if the new COVID-19 wave continues at its current rate, an official...
Oct 14, 2020
Athletics: Canada withdraws team from world half-marathon championships
(Reuters) - Canada has pulled its team out of the world half-marathon championships in Poland this weekend over COVID-19 health and safety concerns, Athletics Canada said on Wednesday. A five-member t...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. border encounters tick up in September: source
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The number of migrants U.S. authorities encountered at the border with Mexico ticked up to around 57,000 in September, a source with knowledge of the data said. Irregular immig...
Oct 14, 2020
Eli Lilly says other COVID-19 antibody drug trials ongoing after study halted for safety concern
By Carl O'Donnell and Michael Erman (Reuters) - Eli Lilly & Co on Wednesday said other trials of its experimental coronavirus antibody therapy remain on track after a government-run study testing the ...
Oct 14, 2020
Twitter’s security fell short before hack targeting celebrities, regulator says
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twitter Inc suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a "simple" hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the accounts of several of the wo...
Oct 14, 2020
Global CO2 emissions show biggest ever drop in first half of 2020
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Global carbon dioxide emissions fell by 8.8% in the first six months of this year, the biggest drop for a first half-year period, due to the effects of coronavius-r...
Oct 14, 2020
Air cargo industry not yet ready for COVID-19 vaccine distribution: survey
By Jamie Freed SYDNEY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Only 28% of participants in the air cargo industry feel they are well prepared to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine once available, according to a survey released...
Oct 14, 2020
