Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK reports 14,718 new COVID cases, 7-day total up 4.7%
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom reported 14,718 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, down from 17,272 cases a day earlier, official data showed. The total number of cases over the past seven days wa...
Dec 07, 2020
Canada set to receive first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine before end of year
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will get up to 249,000 doses of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine before the end of December, assuming it is approved by the health ministry, the government said on Monday. Canadi...
Dec 07, 2020
Deutsche Bank to link management pay to sustainability targets
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank on Monday said it planned to join a small number of financial institutions that link management pay to environmental, social and governance-related (ESG) criteria. ...
Dec 07, 2020
Blockstack's digital currency 'Stacks' to be tradable in U.S. once new blockchain arrives
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tech company Blockstack PBC's digital currency "Stacks" can become tradable by U.S. investors with the launch of its new blockchain early next year, Mu...
Dec 07, 2020
Hundreds rushed to hospital in India, one dead from unknown illness
By Jatindra Dash and Sudarshan Varadhan BHUBANESWAR/CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - One person has died and more than 400 have been hospitalised in southern India due to an unidentified infection that caus...
Dec 07, 2020
Italy reports 528 COVID-19 deaths on Monday, 13,720 new cases
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 528 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday against 564 on Sunday, the health ministry said, and 13,720 new infections, down from 18,887 the day before with the fall in ca...
Dec 07, 2020
Everyone has a home office now. So who's paying for it?
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the past, home offices were often an afterthought: Ill-equipped, cramped, and a little dusty from only occasional use. Now in 2020, many home offices are lookin...
Dec 07, 2020
Protester killed in Iraq's Kurdistan region after days of unrest
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A protester was shot dead during demonstrations against Kurdish political parties in the northern, Kurdish-run region of Iraq on Monday after several days of unrest, local medical ...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. judge rejects attempt to overturn Biden's Michigan victory
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday rejected a bid to decertify President-elect Joe Biden's election victory in Michigan because of alleged irregularities and to have Presi...
Dec 07, 2020
Facebook's renamed cryptocurrency is still 'wolf in sheep's clothing': German Finance Minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - It will take more than renaming Facebook's cryptocurrency to address the concerns regulators have about authorising its launch in Germany and Europe, German Finance Minister Olaf Sc...
Dec 07, 2020
