Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ireland to consider COVID-19 restrictions on manufacturing, construction
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish government ministers are to consider COVID-19 restrictions on both the manufacturing and construction sectors and a possible closure of schools until at least the end of Janua...
Jan 05, 2021
Swedish bankers face identity crisis over digital currency plans
By Colm Fulton STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A new way to pay is causing existential angst among Swedish bankers who worry that the e-krona, an electronic equivalent of Sweden's currency, could cost them thei...
Jan 05, 2021
Switzerland records 28 cases of coronavirus variant from Britain, so far
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has recorded 28 documented cases of COVID-19 infections caused by an especially infectious variant of the new coronavirus that has been circulating rapidly in Britain, S...
Jan 05, 2021
Vietnam suspends flights from Britain, South Africa over COVID-19 variants
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suspended inbound flights from countries with new COVID-19 variants, initially Britain and South Africa, the health ministry said on Tu...
Jan 05, 2021
Civil Guard training opened my eyes to migrants' hardships - Muguruza
(Reuters) - Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza has said training with special groups of Spain's Civil Guard police force during her off-season opened her eyes to the hardships faced by vuln...
Jan 05, 2021
Oman registers first case of new virus variant in traveller from UK
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman has registered its first case of a highly contagious coronavirus variant that emerged in Britain, in a resident who arrived from the UK, the health ministry said on Tuesday The ...
Jan 05, 2021
COVID-19 fight in China's Hebei enters 'wartime mode'
BEIJING (Reuters) - The fight to contain the coronavirus in northern China's Hebei has entered "wartime mode", official media reported on Tuesday, after the province surrounding capital Beijing saw it...
Jan 05, 2021
Sweden registers 32,369 new COVID-19 cases, 258 deaths since Wednesday
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has registered 32,369 new coronavirus cases since its latest update on Dec. 30, health agency statistics showed on Tuesday. Sweden registered 258 new deaths, taking the to...
Jan 05, 2021
Brazil to requisition syringes for COVID-19 vaccination plan
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government will requisition surplus stocks from the country's syringe and needle manufacturers as it prepares to start a national vaccination campaign against COVID-19 wi...
Jan 05, 2021
Qualcomm names chip chief Cristiano Amon as CEO
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Qualcomm Inc said on Tuesday it had named its President Cristiano Amon as chief executive, replacing Steven Mollenkopf. Amon has in recent years overseen the company's chi...
Jan 05, 2021
