Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tech giants ask Malaysia PM to reinstate foreign ship cable waiver: report
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Microsoft, Google and Facebook have asked Malaysia's Prime Minister to reinstate an exemption allowing non-Malaysian ships to carry out repairs to submarine cables in the coun...
Nov 24, 2020
Saudi-led coalition destroys five mines laid by Yemen’s Houthis in Red Sea – Saudi TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it had destroyed five mines laid by the Iran-aligned group in the Red Sea, Saudi state TV reported on Tuesday. The mines ar...
Nov 24, 2020
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to be cheaper than rivals, says fund head
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will charge less for its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine than rivals as Moscow aims to produce more than 1 billion doses at home and abroad next year, the head of Russia's soverei...
Nov 24, 2020
Poland finds eight coronavirus cases among farmed minks
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish scientists have identified eight cases of COVID-19 in minks at a farm in the north of the country, the Medical University of Gdansk said on Tuesday. No coronavirus cases amon...
Nov 24, 2020
Bitcoin hits $19,000 for first time in three years
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin hit $19,000 on Tuesday for the first time in nearly three years and was just shy touching an all-time high of just under $20,000. The world's most popular cryptocurrency has...
Nov 24, 2020
China announces eradication of extreme poverty in last poor counties
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has removed the last remaining counties from a list of poor regions, in what officials described as achieving President Xi Jinping's longstanding political goal of eliminatin...
Nov 24, 2020
Iran sees foreign firms returning if U.S. lifts sanctions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran expects foreign companies to return to the country if U.S. sanctions are lifted under President-elect Joe Biden and some firms have made initial contacts already, Iranian govern...
Nov 24, 2020
U.N. chief calls for Afghan ceasefire and inclusive peace
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Tuesday for an "immediate, unconditional ceasefire" in Afghanistan to create a conducive environment for Doha peace talks...
Nov 24, 2020
EU drug regulator could rule on COVID-19 vaccines by year end – report
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency (EMA) could produce a scientific opinion on COVID-19 vaccines seeking regulatory approval by the end of the year in a best case scenario, the regulator...
Nov 24, 2020
Special Report: 50,000 COVID-19 deaths and rising. How Britain failed to stop the second wave
HALIFAX, England, Nov 24 (Reuters) - By Andrew MacAskill, Stephen Grey, Ryan McNeill, Steve Stecklow, Tommy Wilkes and Andrew R.C. Marshall HALIFAX, England, Nov 24 (Reuters) - On the doorstep of a te...
Nov 24, 2020
