Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis: After the cheers come jeers for Germany’s Merkel over COVID-19
By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID-19. At one po...
Dec 16, 2020
Facebook accuses Apple of anticompetitive behavior
PALO ALTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook Inc accused rival Apple Inc of engaging in anticompetitive practices on Wednesday, firing another shot in a monthslong standoff between the two tech giants over...
Dec 16, 2020
Health worker in Alaska had serious allergic reaction after Pfizer’s vaccine – NYT
(Reuters) - A health worker in Alaska had a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer Inc's coronavirus vaccine, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with report...
Dec 16, 2020
India’s Bharat Biotech’s Phase I result shows coronavirus vaccine safe
MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian government-backed COVID-19 vaccine showed it was safe and triggered immune responses during an ongoing early-stage trial, the company involved in the study said in a state...
Dec 16, 2020
Britain and U.S. sign agreement to ensure smooth post-Brexit trade
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States on Wednesday signed an agreement on customs processes to keep trade flowing smoothly between the two countries when Britain fully leaves the orbit of t...
Dec 16, 2020
Lebanon to get first batch of COVID-19 vaccines in two months, minister says
By Issam Abdallah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon is expected to sign a deal this week for supplies of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine and is set to receive the first batch eight weeks after that, the c...
Dec 16, 2020
Ransomware attacks on the rise even as cyber insurers scale back
By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn (Reuters) - Ransomware attacks increased in terms of both severity and costs this year, forcing insurers to become more selective and even scale back on the cov...
Dec 16, 2020
Ex-Vatican envoy to France gets 8-month suspended sentence for sexual harassment -AFP
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court has found former Vatican ambassador to France Luigi Ventura guilty of sexual harassment against five men in 2018 and 2019 and given him an eight-month suspended senten...
Dec 16, 2020
Exclusive: WHO-led team expected in China in January to probe COVID-19 origins – experts
By Stephanie Nebehay and Nikolaj Skydsgaard GENEVA/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - An international mission led by the World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to go to China in the first week of January to...
Dec 16, 2020
Analysis-U.S. currency manipulator tag for Switzerland unlikely to deter FX approach
By Saikat Chatterjee, John Revill and David Lawder LONDON/ZURICH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Being named a currency manipulator by the U.S. Treasury may be an embarrassment for Switzerland, but the tag wil...
Dec 16, 2020
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