Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK card spending running 35% below pre-pandemic levels, BoE data shows
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Spending on payment cards in Britain last week stood 35% below pre-pandemic levels with the country in its third national COVID-19 lockdown, although the hit was not a...
Jan 21, 2021
UAE approves Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates on Thursday said it has approved Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, state media reported citing the ministry of health, marking the third vaccine to be app...
Jan 21, 2021
Bitcoin slumps 10% as pullback from record continues
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin slumped 10% on Thursday to a 10-day low of $31,977 as the world's most popular cryptocurrency continued to retreat from the $42,000 record high hit on Jan. 8. The pullback c...
Jan 21, 2021
Portugal set to shut schools as pandemic worsens, Lusa news agency says
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's government is set to shut down all schools across the country to tackle a steep worsening of the pandemic, Lusa news agency and Public newspaper said on Thursday. Under a...
Jan 21, 2021
Mutation is a threat to COVID-19 containment efforts: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans should take a new variant of the coronavirus believed to spread much faster very seriously or else risk a third wave of infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a ne...
Jan 21, 2021
Africa's COVID-19 death rate now higher than global rate
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Africa's coronavirus case fatality rate stands at 2.5%, higher than the global level of 2.2%, a trend that is alarming experts, the head of the continent's disease control body sai...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden to tackle coronavirus pandemic on first full day in White House
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will launch an array of initiatives on Thursday to rein in the raging coronavirus pandemic, tackling his top priority on...
Jan 21, 2021
Biden will order masks on planes and trains, increase disaster funds to fight coronavirus
By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will sign 10 executive orders on Thursday to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including directing that disaster funds be used t...
Jan 21, 2021
Fire at building site for India's Serum Institute, vaccine output not hit, source says
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A fire has broken out at a plant being built for the Serum Institute of India but this would not affect production of the coronavirus vaccine, a source close to the world's bigge...
Jan 21, 2021
Three killed in military helicopter crash in New York
(Reuters) - Three New York National Guard members were killed on Wednesday evening when a military helicopter they were in crashed in the town of Mendon, New York, while on a routine training mission,...
Jan 21, 2021
