Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Australia antitrust boss rejects claim big tech law is a favour for News Corp
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The architect of Australia's new law making Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc pay news outlets for content on Thursday rejected a suggestion the move was the result of lobbying...
Thomson Reuters Jun 10, 2021
Italy aims to generate over 1 billion euro investments for gigafactory, sources say
By Stephen Jewkes, Giuseppe Fonte and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) - Italy aims to spur total investments of more than one billion euros ($1.22 billion) to build an electric car battery factory w...
Thomson Reuters Jun 10, 2021
Virus variants a concern in Indonesia as regional clusters grow
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A jump in coronavirus cases on Indonesia's two most populous islands has health experts worried that the worst could be yet to come, with few curbs on movement at a time when dange...
Thomson Reuters Jun 10, 2021
Bulgaria to ease rules for mask wearing indoors
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria plans to lift the compulsory wearing of face masks in gyms, hairdressing salons, small shops and offices where all workers are vaccinated as coronavirus infections decrease,...
Thomson Reuters Jun 10, 2021
WHO issues COVID-19 warning to Europe before summer travels
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Thursday urged Europeans to travel responsibly during the summer holiday season and warned the continent was "by no means out of danger" in the ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 10, 2021
EU foregoes 100 million J&J vaccines, considers donating other doses - sources
By Francesco Guarascio and Elvira Pollina BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union decided not to take up an option to buy 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine and is consideri...
Thomson Reuters Jun 10, 2021
Russian businessman sought by U.S. is pawn in political game - lawyer
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A Kremlin-linked Russian businessman fighting extradition to the United States from Switzerland is the victim of a U.S. political campaign that seeks to snare h...
Thomson Reuters Jun 10, 2021
Exclusive - In the belly of the whale: Israeli sub simulates strike
By Dan Williams INS LEVIATHAN, Mediterranean Sea (Reuters) - When fighting erupted in Gaza last month and rockets rained on Israel, the men operating its navy submarine Leviathan knew next to nothing....
Thomson Reuters Jun 10, 2021
UK health minister rejects allegations over COVID-19 failures made by former PM aide
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Matt Hancock rejected allegations by a former top aide of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying there was never a national shortage of protective equipment an...
Thomson Reuters Jun 10, 2021
Singapore to start easing COVID-19 restrictions after infections fall
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will start a phased easing of its COVID-19 restrictions from next week, including allowing up to five people to gather from two currently, after a fall in t...
Thomson Reuters Jun 10, 2021
