Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bulgarian court sentences populist party leader for extortion
SOFIA (Reuters) - A Bulgarian court on Monday sentenced the leader of a populist party to four years in jail for extortion, but he said he was innocent and would appeal against the verdict. Veselin Ma...
Sep 14, 2020
$100,000 reward offered in ambush shooting of two Los Angeles County deputies
(Reuters) - As the manhunt for the lone gunman who ambushed and shot two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies enters its third day, authorities are offering a $100,000 reward for information that lea...
Sep 14, 2020
Slovakia puts Czech Republic on high-risk list COVID-19 list
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia will put its neighbour and important trade partner the Czech Republic on its "red list" of high-risk countries due to a surge in the number of coronavirus cases there, a Sl...
Sep 14, 2020
Wales says personal data of 18,000 COVID patients accidentally published
LONDON (Reuters) - Personal data concerning 18,105 residents of Wales who tested positive for COVID-19 was uploaded by mistake to a public server and spent 20 hours online in August, Public Health Wal...
Sep 14, 2020
Tech leads crisis-driven M&A boom with $350 billion deal rush
(Reuters) - Global M&A volumes are approaching $2 trillion for 2020, with technology making up almost a fifth of the total after mammoth deals such as SoftBank's $40 billion sale of chipmaker Arm. Dea...
Sep 14, 2020
Researchers trial inhaled versions of Oxford and Imperial COVID-19 vaccine candidates
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Inhaled versions of COVID-19 vaccine candidates developed by Oxford University and Imperial College will be trialled to see if they deliver a localised immune resp...
Sep 14, 2020
Former French President Giscard d’Estaing admitted to hospital: aide
PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, 94, was admitted to hospital on Monday after complaining of respiratory problems, one of his aides said. French newspaper Le Parisie...
Sep 14, 2020
Sea of Slush: Arctic sea ice lows mark a new polar climate regime
By Natalie Thomas and Cassandra Garrison ARCTIC OCEAN (Reuters) - At the edge of the ice blanketing part of the Arctic Ocean, the ice on Monday looked sickly. Where thick sheets of ice once sat atop t...
Sep 14, 2020
U.S. imposes additional visa restrictions on Nigerians
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed additional visa restrictions on Nigerians over election-related activities, the State Department said on Monday. The restrictions apply to "individuals...
Sep 14, 2020
Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade to be reduced to television-only event
(Reuters) - Macy's Inc's iconic Thanksgiving Day Parade will shift to a television-only special presentation, the company and the City of New York said on Monday. The department store chain said stagi...
Sep 14, 2020
