Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Environmentalists, farmers win Dutch court case over Shell Nigeria spills
By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - In a victory for environmentalists, a Dutch appeals court on Friday said that the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell was responsible for multiple oil pipe...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
German lawmakers propose new law on assisted suicide
(Reuters) - Members of Germany's parliament proposed legislation on Friday that would allow assisted suicide for terminally ill adults once they have received counselling. Germany's top court last yea...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
Russia says test for UK coronavirus variant to be available soon – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko on Friday said a test system for detecting the coronavirus variant discovered in the UK will soon be available for medical institutions, the...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
A French woman declines COVID-19 vaccine for her sick father
By Caroline Pailliez L'HOPITAL, France (Reuters) - Fabienne Garbo's father suffers from an illness similar to Alzheimer's and was eligible for a COVID-19 shot as soon as France started vaccinating car...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
Robinhood restricts buying of fractional shares in GameStop, other hot stocks
(Reuters) - Online brokerage Robinhood said on Friday it was not allowing purchases of parts of shares in GameStop and other stocks, a practice that has encouraged smaller investors by reducing the si...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
Oil set for slow recovery as vaccines rolled out: Reuters poll
By K. Sathya Narayanan and Bharat Gautam (Reuters) - Oil prices will hover around current levels for much of the year before a recovery gains traction into end-2021 as vaccines help demand gradually e...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
U.S. COVID vaccine hopeful using Gates Foundation cash to prepare for human trial
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Scientists who normally focus on fixing defective genes said on Friday that up to $2.1 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help them move their COVI...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
UK offers to work with allies to combat “unfair behaviour” by China-backed firms
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will offer to work with the European Union, Japan and America to clamp down on what it calls unfair behaviour by Chinese state-owned enterprises, its trade ...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
Take Five: Long the Short
1/THE BIG SQUEEZE In just a week, the 'Reddit crowd' trade which squeezed out seasoned hedge funds from GameStop has gone global. Herding on the other side of bearish bets proved so profitable in Game...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021
Personal data stolen from Dutch coronavirus track-and-trace programme
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Personal information of a large number of people who participated in the Netherlands' coronavirus track-and-trace programme has been leaked, the Dutch health aut...
Syndicated Content Jan 29, 2021

