Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden to unveil economic team next week -transition official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will announce his economic team and other key nominees next week, officials for his transition team told reporters on Wednesday. Biden transition ...
Nov 25, 2020
IKEA investment arm in talks to buy city-centre retail property in big European cities
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - IKEA's Ingka Investments is in talks to buy commercial property in prime locations in several big European cities after it finalised its first-ever such acquisi...
Nov 25, 2020
Egyptian inventor trials robot that can test for COVID-19
TANTA, Egypt (Reuters) - With Egypt facing a second coronavirus wave, an inventor is trialing a remote-control robot which can test for COVID-19, take the temperature of patients, and warn them if the...
Nov 25, 2020
Malaysia’s PM Muhyiddin faces bellwether vote on 2021 budget
By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's parliament will on Thursday decide whether to approve the government's 2021 budget, in a vote that could decide Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's ...
Nov 25, 2020
At least 40 killed in Brazil after bus and truck collide
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 40 people died in Brazil on Wednesday after a crash between a bus and a truck in the state of Sao Paulo, the fire service said. Local TV images showed an eviscerated bus...
Nov 25, 2020
Venezuelan migrant women’s rights at risk due to informal jobs – report
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - The majority of migrant Venezuelan women living in Colombia work informally in unstable jobs which risk their fundamental rights such as access to healthcare, e...
Nov 25, 2020
Iran swaps jailed British-Australian academic with Iranians jailed abroad – report
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has exchanged jailed British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert with three Iranians jailed abroad, a website affiliated to Iran's state TV reported on its Twitter account o...
Nov 25, 2020
HIV, TB tests fall in East Europe and Central Asia due to COVID-19
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Testing for HIV and tuberculosis has fallen in Eastern Europe and Central Asia during the coronavirus pandemic and could lead to higher mortality rates, a U.N. special envoy for AID...
Nov 25, 2020
U.S. blacklists Libyan militia, leader after Russia stops U.N. sanctions
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) -The United States unilaterally blacklisted Libya's Kaniyat militia and its leader on Wednesday after Russia last week prevented a U.N. Security Council committe...
Nov 25, 2020
Italy ready for World Championships, with or without spectators-organiser
By Francesca Landini and Elisa Anzolin MILAN (Reuters) - Italy is prepared to hold the 2021 World Ski Championships in Cortina D'Ampezzo even with few or no fans on the ground due to COVID-19, the hea...
Nov 25, 2020
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