Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tesla shares set to skid into the red for the year
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Tesla were set to plunge into the red for the year on Tuesday, hit by a broad selloff of high-flying technology stocks and the fall of bitcoin, in which the electric carma...
Feb 23, 2021
Saudi Arabia sued by families of victims of 2019 Florida base attack
(Reuters) - Families of three U.S. service members who were killed and 13 others who were wounded in a shooting by a Saudi gunman at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida in 2019 have sued Saudi Arab...
Feb 23, 2021
Arms deal corruption trial against South African ex-President Zuma to start in May
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A corruption case against former South African President Jacob Zuma and French company Thales related to a $2 billion arms deal will begin on May 17, a court said on Tuesday. ...
Feb 23, 2021
South African Uber drivers join global push for worker rights: lawyers
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A group of South African Uber drivers are to go to court to seek rights including compensation for unpaid overtime and holiday pay, their lawyers said on Tuesday, hoping for a...
Feb 23, 2021
Armed group denies killing Italian ambassador in Congo
By Fiston Mahamba and Hereward Holland GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - An armed group in eastern Congo, accused by the government of carrying out an ambush on a United Nations convoy in...
Feb 23, 2021
French researchers trial more accurate fast COVID-19 test
VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (Reuters) - - French researchers are using tiny antibody particles extracted from the family of animals that includes camels and llamas to produce a test they say can detect ...
Feb 23, 2021
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - The United States on Monday passed the milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths just over a year since the pandemic claimed its first known U.S. victim in Santa Clara County, California. Howev...
Feb 23, 2021
Biden, Trudeau aim to move past Keystone pipeline disagreement in first bilateral meeting
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Scherer WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will try on Tuesday to move past an early disagreement after Bid...
Feb 23, 2021
UNICEF sends syringes to Maldives, Ivory Coast, for COVAX vaccine rollout
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.N. children's fund UNICEF said on Tuesday it had sent an initial 100,000 syringes for COVID-19 vaccines to the Maldives in preparation for first deliveries of Pfizer and Astra...
Feb 23, 2021
France eyes extra measures to limit COVID-19 spread in Dunkirk
PARIS (Reuters) - French Health Minister Olivier Veran will head to Dunkirk in northern France on Wednesday as the government eyes new measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in the region, the prime...
Feb 23, 2021
