Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Moscow denies visa to candidate for NASA post, says U.S. has made similar move
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow said on Wednesday it had denied a visa for a candidate to head the mission of U.S. space agency NASA in Russia, in what it described as retaliation for the U.S. denial of a v...
Feb 17, 2021
Britain's Captain Tom Moore received online abuse in weeks before death
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers battling the coronavirus, received online abuse in the weeks before h...
Feb 17, 2021
Bitcoin's record price unsustainable without lower volatility: JPMorgan
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin's charge to a record north of $50,000 isn't sustainable unless the cryptocurrency's price swings cool down quickly, JPMorgan analysts said in a note. The world's biggest dig...
Feb 17, 2021
Indonesian firms sign up in droves to take part in proposed private vaccination scheme
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Nearly 4,000 Indonesian firms, many of them textile companies, have signed up to take part in a proposed scheme that would allow the private sector to purchase ...
Feb 17, 2021
Opponent of Belarusian president faces 15 years in jail as trial begins
By Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) - A trial began in Belarus on Wednesday of a former banking executive who was jailed last year after challenging President Alexander Lukashenko in an election that ...
Feb 17, 2021
Mumbai court stops arrest of associate of 22-year-old climate activist
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) - A Mumbai court on Wednesday granted bail to an associate of a 22-year-old climate activist whose arrest for promoting an action plan for farmers' protests has...
Feb 17, 2021
Britain, France, Germany, Italy, U.S. condemn Iraq attack in joint statement
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain issued a joint statement with France, Germany, Italy and the United States to condemn the Feb. 15 attacks on U.S.-led forces in northern Iraq. "We the foreign ministers of F...
Feb 17, 2021
Nigerian students design coronavirus care robot
By Abraham Achirga ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian students have built a machine they hope can one day help hospitals remotely treat COVID-19 patients, taking temperatures, transporting medicine and allowi...
Feb 17, 2021
Maersk plans world's first carbon-neutral container ship in 2023
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Shipping group Maersk said on Wednesday it will accelerate plans to decarbonise sea-borne container shipping by putting the world's first carbon-neutral vessel into operation in...
Feb 17, 2021
Italian watchdog fines Facebook 7 million euros over improper data use
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's competition watchdog said on Wednesday it had fined Facebook 7 million euros ($8.5 million) for not complying with a request by the regulator to correct improper commercial pr...
Feb 17, 2021
