Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada to boost screening of UK travelers, seeing no sign of mutated COVID-19
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is putting into place enhanced measures to screen travelers from Britain, including those arriving from other nations, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told a briefing on Tu...
Dec 22, 2020
European medicines regulator says cyberattack limited to one IT application
(Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency said on Tuesday that its investigation into a cyberattack had showed the data breach was limited to one IT application. Data related to COVID-19 medicines and ...
Dec 22, 2020
Tokyo Olympics to spend $900 million on coronavirus measures – budget
By Ju-min Park and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics will spend $900 million on measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus at next year's Games, they said on Tue...
Dec 22, 2020
U.N. says Mladenov unable to take up role as U.N. Libya envoy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov has told U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres he will be unable to take up the role as U.N. Libya envoy next year due to "personal and fami...
Dec 22, 2020
EU ready to talk UK trade past Jan.1 – diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is ready to continue negotiations with Britain past the end of the year, two diplomatic sources told Reuters on Tuesday after an update on Brexit by the bloc's ...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. judge hears lawsuit targeting deportation protections for ‘Dreamer’ immigrants
By Mimi Dwyer and Ted Hesson (Reuters) - A Texas-led coalition of nine states will urge a federal judge on Tuesday to invalidate a program that grants hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to th...
Dec 22, 2020
EU has made “final” offer on fisheries in UK talks – senior diplomat
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union member states consider their latest offer on fisheries in UK trade talks as final, a senior EU diplomat told Reuters after an update on Brexit by the bloc's negotia...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. govt won’t impose COVID-19 screenings for flights from Britain – sources
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government does not intend to impose COVID-19 screenings for passengers traveling from Britain after the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus varian...
Dec 22, 2020
Brazil’s Sao Paulo state to close restaurants, shopping malls for Christmas and New Year
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Sao Paulo state government announced only essential services are allowed to open between December 25 and 27 and between January 1 and 3, amid rising coronavirus cas...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. tops 18 million COVID-19 cases as officials eye new virus variant in UK
By Susan Heavey and Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Total U.S. COVID-19 cases surpassed 18 million on Tuesday as health officials tried to tamper fears about a new, highly transmissible variant of the co...
Dec 22, 2020
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