Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Twitter, Tumblr, Vimeo push back against EU rules on illegal online content
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Twitter and three other U.S. tech companies have urged the EU to take a flexible approach towards harmful and illegal online content instead of blanket rules requi...
Dec 09, 2020
Saving the City: London’s finance district plots reboot as COVID compounds Brexit
By Sinead Cruise and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - For fintech entrepreneur Lewis Liu, no other city on earth could compare to London. Chinese-born and New York-bred, the CEO and co-founder of Eigen Te...
Dec 09, 2020
Analysis: How high can you go? Wall Street exuberance makes some uneasy
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Optimism is surging among U.S. stock investors, as Wall Street indexes hit records at the end of a year marred by a global pandemic that sent the U.S. economy i...
Dec 09, 2020
Australian police arrest 18-year-old, likely to face ‘terror’ charges
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police arrested on Wednesday an 18-year man who had allegedly expressed interest in committing a mass causality attack, motivated by right-wing ideology. Police said they...
Dec 09, 2020
Biden pick for defense secretary in spotlight amid concerns over military background
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday will formally introduce his pick for defense secretary, retired Army General Lloyd Austin, amid concern from some in Congress that the P...
Dec 09, 2020
Police list gives insight into detention system in China’s Xinjiang: group
BEIJING (Reuters) - A leaked list of more than 2,000 ethnic Uighur detainees in China's Xinjiang suggests the government used an expansive data collection project to arbitrarily detain Uighurs in the ...
Dec 09, 2020
Indonesia holds regional polls under shadow of rising COVID-19 cases
By Stanley Widianto and Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA/DEPOK, Indonesia (Reuters) -Indonesians streamed into polling stations to vote in regional elections on Wednesday, with health experts warning of th...
Dec 09, 2020
Ethiopia’s war risks leaving manufacturing dreams in tatters
By Ruma Paul, Anna Ringstrom and Joe Bavier ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - When Bangladeshi textile firm DBL set up shop in Ethiopia two years ago, the African nation was the garment industry's bright new fr...
Dec 09, 2020
UAE says Sinopharm vaccine has 86% efficacy against COVID-19
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates health ministry said on Wednesday an interim analysis of in-country Phase III clinical trials of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine has 86% efficacy against the in...
Dec 09, 2020
Amazon eyes potential $100 million investment in India’s Apollo Pharmacy: ET
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is considering a nearly $100 million investment in India's pharmacy chain Apollo Pharmacy, facing up to Reliance Industries Ltd and Tata Group in the country's fas...
Dec 09, 2020
