Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID-19 daily deaths hit record high in Portugal, hospitals struggle to cope
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's daily death toll from the new coronavirus reached a record high of 167 on Monday, bringing the total to 9,028 deaths since the start of the pandemic, health authority DGS...
Jan 18, 2021
Factbox: Biden's Cabinet appointees get their day in Congress
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office on Wednesday with only a few of his top chosen deputies in place. The Democrat's Cabinet appointees are awaiting ap...
Jan 18, 2021
EU needs 'masterplan' to grab euro finance from London
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union needs a "masterplan" to move euro financial services from London to the bloc if it wants to expand the single currency's role in a global economy dom...
Jan 18, 2021
Trump sought the world's attention and got it. Now the White House reality show ends
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A red tie, often tied too long. A raised fist, often held high to a supportive crowd. A scowling face. A raised voice. President Donald Trump never hid how he felt...
Jan 18, 2021
Hungary mulls sanctions against social media giants
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga on Monday raised the prospect of sanctioning social media firms over what she called "systematic abuses" of free speech. ...
Jan 18, 2021
Norway advises caution in use of Pfizer vaccine for the most frail
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Norway has changed its policy on the use of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to consider excluding the terminally ill, following reports of deaths in highly frail recipient...
Jan 18, 2021
EU works to plug large gap in virus sequencing as COVID variants spread
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is urging EU states to do more on sequencing the genome of the new coronavirus to spot mutations quickly, the EU health commissioner told Reuters on Monday...
Jan 18, 2021
Reuters poll: Canada's economic recovery falters amid renewed COVID-19 restrictions
By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) - Canada's economy will hit a major roadblock during the first quarter of 2021 before gaining momentum in the next quarter, according to economists in a Reuters p...
Jan 18, 2021
Facebook says starts process of appointing Turkey representative
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it had started the process of appointing a legal entity as a local representative in Turkey in compliance with a new social media law which critics hav...
Jan 18, 2021
Joy and caution as Greek shops re-open amid strict safety limits
By Deborah Kyvrikosaios ATHENS (Reuters) - Shops in Greece reopened for the first time in two months on Monday as the government took its first steps towards easing coronavirus restrictions, in a bid ...
Jan 18, 2021
