Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK’s ‘moonshot’ for millions of daily COVID tests depends on technology: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain wants to be able to carry out millions of COVID-19 tests a day, known as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's "moonshot" plan for mass testing, but doing so depends on new technol...
Sep 15, 2020
Russia-Belarus military drills are not targeting other countries: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Joint military drills taking place in Belarus this month between Russian and Belarusian forces are for counter-terrorism purposes and are not directed against other countries, the I...
Sep 15, 2020
Former UK Conservative lawmaker jailed for sex crimes
LONDON (Reuters) - A former lawmaker from Britain's governing Conservative Party was sentenced to two years in jail after being found guilty of sexually assaulting two women. Charlie Elphicke, 49, who...
Sep 15, 2020
Mali must appoint civilian government immediately, says regional bloc
ACCRA (Reuters) - Mali's military coup leaders must hand over power to a civilian transitional government immediately, the chairman of the West African regional bloc said on Tuesday, as a deadline exp...
Sep 15, 2020
Sweden to lift COVID ban on visits to care homes
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will lift its ban on visits to care homes, the government said on Tuesday, as a result of a falling rate of new coronavirus infections and better routines to prevent new c...
Sep 15, 2020
White House’s Kushner says Oracle’s TikTok deal being reviewed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House adviser Jared Kushner on Tuesday said the White House is reviewing Oracle's bid to team up with China's ByteDance to keep operating TikTok in the United States and t...
Sep 15, 2020
Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers to unveil $1.5 trillion COVID-19 aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 50 Democratic and Republican members of Congress are due to unveil a $1.5 trillion bipartisan coronavirus relief legislation on Tuesday, in an election year effort to...
Sep 15, 2020
ViacomCBS to rebrand CBS All Access streaming service as ‘Paramount+’
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - First came ESPN+. Then Apple TV+ and Disney+. Now there's another "plus" in the streaming video world. On Tuesday, ViacomCBS Inc said it would rebrand its expanded CBS All ...
Sep 15, 2020
Tokyo 2020 chief rebuffs higher reported Games costs
By Jack Tarrant TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto dismissed figures in an academic report published on Tuesday that showed the Tokyo Olympics were set to be the most expensive in history, ...
Sep 15, 2020
JPMorgan and BlackRock tap AI startup to automate opening custody accounts
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co and BlackRock Inc have teamed up with artificial intelligence (AI) technology startup Saphyre to automate the opening of custody accounts, the com...
Sep 15, 2020
