Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France: number of COVID hospitalisations down for third day running
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 21,063 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Thursday, down both from Wednesday's 25,387 figure and from last Thursday's total of 23,448 as the average case count maintains...
Feb 11, 2021
Europe’s carbon price top 40 euros for first time
By Nora Buli and Kate Abnett (Reuters) - Benchmark prices of European Union carbon permits rose above 40 euros per tonne for the first time on Thursday morning, exposing polluters to the highest price...
Feb 11, 2021
UK variant of COVID-19 now accounts for 25% of infections in France: minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The British variant of the COVID-19 virus now accounts for a quarter of all new infections in France, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Thursday. He also said the results of a st...
Feb 11, 2021
U.S. slaps sanctions on Myanmar in response to military coup
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Myanmar's acting president and several other military officers and warned of more sanctions to come as Washington seeks to pun...
Feb 11, 2021
New U.S. data next week to show 7.8% of workforce have multiple jobs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Thursday it will present new data next week that will show 7.8% of the country's workforce hold multiple jobs, a trend that ...
Feb 11, 2021
Jailed Chinese lawyer Yu Wensheng wins human rights award
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A jailed Chinese lawyer who defended other human rights lawyers arrested in a sweeping crackdown against activism has won an international human rights award, t...
Feb 11, 2021
Top ICC job goes to a vote after failure to agree on prosecutor
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Member states of the International Criminal Court will begin voting on Friday to select a new prosecutor for a nine-year term after failing to find a consensus candidate. A secre...
Feb 11, 2021
South Africa secures millions of Pfizer, J&J vaccine doses to fight COVID variant – Ramaphosa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has secured millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines to fight the highly infectious COVID-19 variant that is dominant in the country, President ...
Feb 11, 2021
EU approves COVID-19 vaccine export to UK, US, Japan, China, Gulf countries
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has so far approved all requests for the export of COVID-19 vaccines, including to Britain, the United States and Japan, since it set up on Jan. 30 a mecha...
Feb 11, 2021
Once down in the weeds, cash-strapped pot producers raise billions in market rally
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - A political shift in the United States has unlocked an estimated $1.38 billion jackpot for struggling pot producers who have cashed in on a surge in their shares since Presi...
Feb 11, 2021
