Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU should press ahead with digital tax plans: France
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union should press ahead with plans for a bloc-wide digital tax in case global talks at the OECD to rewrite international tax rules fail, French Finance Minister Bruno L...
Oct 14, 2020
UK reports 19,724 new cases of COVID-19, 137 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 19,724 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, a rise of 2,490 from the day before, government data showed as new local restrictions were due to be brought in for some ...
Oct 14, 2020
Supreme Court TV? Trump nominee has open mind on cameras
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said on Wednesday she was open to at least one sweeping change for the nation's top ju...
Oct 14, 2020
Italy coronavirus cases surge to new daily record above 7,000
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy has registered 7,332 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday, the country's highest ever daily tally and steeply ...
Oct 14, 2020
Cycling: Demare sprints to another Giro stage win
(Reuters) - Frenchman Arnaud Demare's prolific Giro d'Italia continued as he claimed his fourth stage victory in this year's race after a bunch sprint at the end of Stage 11 in Rimini on Wednesday. Th...
Oct 14, 2020
Figure skating: Skate Canada cancelled after rise in COVID-19 cases
(Reuters) - The Skate Canada International Grand Prix has been cancelled because of COVID-19 health and safety concerns, Skate Canada said on Wednesday. The second event on the figure skating Grand Pr...
Oct 14, 2020
Wales to ban entry to people in COVID hotspots in rest of UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Wales announced on Wednesday that people living in areas with high rates of COVID-19 infections in the rest of the United Kingdom will be banned from entering the country. Under pla...
Oct 14, 2020
BlackRock invests $118 million in UK electric vehicle startup Arrival
(Reuters) - British electric vehicle startup Arrival said on Wednesday it has raised $118 million from U.S. funds manager BlackRock Inc . Five-year-old Arrival is focused on development of electric co...
Oct 14, 2020
Belgium fears ICU beds may run out as COVID cases soar
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian hospitals could run out of intensive care unit (ICU) beds by the middle of next month if the new COVID-19 wave continues at its current rate, an official...
Oct 14, 2020
Athletics: Canada withdraws team from world half-marathon championships
(Reuters) - Canada has pulled its team out of the world half-marathon championships in Poland this weekend over COVID-19 health and safety concerns, Athletics Canada said on Wednesday. A five-member t...
Oct 14, 2020
