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French city of Lyon tightens COVID restrictions
PARIS (Reuters) - Tighter coronavirus restrictions will be imposed in the French city of Lyon from Tuesday to counter a sharp increase in new coronavirus cases and a surge in intensive care admissions...
Sep 21, 2020
Trump suggests Pfizer could win U.S. COVID-19 vaccine approval, J&J to come later
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday suggested Pfizer Inc could secure the first U.S. approval of a COVID-19 vaccine in coming weeks, saying a contender by Johnson & Johnson co...
Sep 21, 2020
Microsoft to acquire video game publisher ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would acquire video game publisher ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion in cash. (Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)
Sep 21, 2020
Danish watchdog criticises Danske Bank over erroneous debt collection
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority on Monday criticised Danske Bank over the lender's erroneous debt collection and issued four orders in order for the bank to prevent s...
Sep 21, 2020
Trump says U.S. won’t approve TikTok deal if China maintains control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said his administration would not approve the sale of TikTok to Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc if China's ByteDance maintains any control. "If...
Sep 21, 2020
Egypt discovers 27 sarcophagi more than 2,500 years old
CAIRO (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 stone coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, a burial ground that is also home to one of the world's oldest pyramids, the ministry o...
Sep 21, 2020
U.S. Coast Guard closes ports of Houston, Texas City, Freeport in Texas
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard closed the ports of Houston, Galveston, Texas City and Freeport, Texas, ahead of Tropical Storm Beta, which is expected to make landfall by Tuesday on the cent...
Sep 21, 2020
Mideast energy forum takes shape to promote gas exports
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Seven energy ministers will sign the charter of a new Middle East energy forum that will promote natural gas exports from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe and other markets, I...
Sep 21, 2020
ECB must ‘very carefully’ assess data on patchy recovery, Lagarde says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Europe's economic rebound is uncertain and uneven, requiring "very careful" assessment of incoming data, including the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic, European Central Ban...
Sep 21, 2020
Trump to push ahead with Supreme Court nomination amid partisan battle
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday prepared to push ahead with plans for his third U.S. Supreme Court nomination, which would cement a 6-3 cons...
Sep 21, 2020
