Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italian PM Draghi vows sweeping reforms, calls for unity ahead of Senate vote
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Wednesday promised sweeping reforms to help rebuild Italy following the coronavirus pandemic, as he set out his priorities ahead of a...
Feb 17, 2021
Ford's Europe car lineup to be all-electric by 2030
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co on Wednesday said its car lineup in Europe will be all-electric by 2030 as the U.S. automaker races to get ahead of CO2 emissions targets and looming ban...
Feb 17, 2021
South Korea's vaccine goals 'practically impossible', medical body's chief says
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will almost certainly miss its goal of vaccinating 80% of its population to reach coronavirus "herd immunity" by November, the head of a doctors' associatio...
Feb 17, 2021
Toshiba says found no evidence of attempt to pressure Harvard over AGM voting
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on Wednesday that an internal investigation found no evidence the company was involved in any effort to pressure the Harvard University endowment fund over voting a...
Feb 17, 2021
UK house prices rise at fastest rate in six years
LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices rose at the fastest rate in more than six years at the end of 2020, official figures showed on Wednesday, extending a surge driven by a temporary tax break and ...
Feb 17, 2021
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
