Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Female journalist killed by gunmen in Afghanistan
JALALABAD/KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and killed a female television journalist, who was also a women's rights activist, in Afghanistan on Thursday, an incident that underscores an increasing trend ...
Dec 10, 2020
Russia reports 27,927 new coronavirus cases, 562 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia confirmed 27,927 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours on Thursday, pushing the national tally to 2,569,126. Authorities said 562 people had died overnight, taking the o...
Dec 10, 2020
Factbox: How the novel coronavirus has evolved
By Jane Wardell, Simon Scarr and JITESH CHOWDHURY SYDNEY (Reuters) - As the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has swept across the world, killing more than 1.5 million people over the past year, it has mutated i...
Dec 10, 2020
Brexit hangs in the balance ahead of new Sunday deadline
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain and the European Union still have significant differences over a Brexit trade deal so real progress needs to be made to keep talking beyond the new deadline of Sunday, Foreig...
Dec 10, 2020
Banks warn EU of disruption in derivatives markets in January
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Financial markets will be disrupted in January unless the European Union allows the bloc's investors to use derivatives trading platforms in London, a group of seven fi...
Dec 10, 2020
Britain’s Ocado raises earnings outlook again on strong trading
LONDON (Reuters) - British online supermarket Ocado Group raised its core earnings forecast for 2019-20 for the second time in two months on Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to generate hug...
Dec 10, 2020
COVID-19 scare aboard Royal Caribbean cruise a false alarm, authorities say
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A passenger who tested positive for COVID-19 aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise from Singapore, forcing the ship to return to dock and hundreds of guests to isolate, has been found ...
Dec 10, 2020
Hungary exempts three-way bank merger from competition scrutiny
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban has declared a three-way merger to create Hungary's second-largest bank a transaction of national strategic interest, exempting the deal from competiti...
Dec 10, 2020
China revokes visa exemption treatment for U.S. diplomat passport holders visiting Hong Kong, Macau
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is revoking visa exemption treatment for United States diplomat passport holders visiting Hong Kong and Macau, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a new...
Dec 10, 2020
French watchdog fines Google 100 million euros for breaching cookies rules
PARIS (Reuters) - French data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet's Google 100 million euros ($121 million) for breaching rules on online trackers (cookies). The CNIL said in ...
Dec 10, 2020
