Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German antitrust regulator probes linking of Oculus with Facebook network
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's antitrust regulator has started abuse proceedings against Facebook to examine the linking of Oculus virtual reality products with the social network and its platform. "In ...
Dec 10, 2020
UK economic activity picks up after November lockdown - ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - More British people went out shopping and got in their cars over the past week following the end of a partial lockdown in England, official figures showed on Thursday. The proportio...
Dec 10, 2020
Explainer-Mystery illness that hospitalized hundreds in India
By Sudarshan Varadhan BENGALURU, India (Reuters) - One person has died and nearly 600 have been hospitalised since Saturday in a southern Indian state due to a mysterious infection that caused many to...
Dec 10, 2020
Polish CD Projekt's long-awaited Cyberpunk 2077 tops Steam chart on debut
By Anna Pruchnicka (Reuters) - Cyberpunk 2077, the highly anticipated game by Polish video games maker CD Projekt, topped Steam's chart at its premiere on Thursday after eight years in development and...
Dec 10, 2020
COVID-19 infections and deaths in Germany likely to rise further - RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections and related deaths in Germany are likely to rise further in the coming weeks, a senior health official at the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases (R...
Dec 10, 2020
Belarus, citing COVID-19 fears, to close land borders as brain drain bites
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus will close its land borders to its own citizens later this month to try to combat COVID-19, the government said late on Wednesday, a move one opposition news channel likened...
Dec 10, 2020
Paris enjoys Brexit bonus with estimated 4,735 extra finance jobs
PARIS (Reuters) - Brexit has lead to 4,735 financial sector jobs shifting to France since Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016, French lobby group Paris Europlace estimates. European capi...
Dec 10, 2020
Black Lives Matter co-founder urges Nigeria to free jailed police protesters
By Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - A group of activists and celebrities, including a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, have signed an open letter to Nigeria's president demanding that he h...
Dec 10, 2020
Czech search engine Seznam seeks $417 million from Google for competition claims
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's top web search platform Seznam.cz said on Thursday it has claimed 9.072 billion crowns ($416.74 million) in damages from U.S. giant Google, saying it has restri...
Dec 10, 2020
Google, adtech firms targets of fresh EU privacy complaints
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google and digital advertising firms are the targets of fresh privacy complaints filed in six EU countries on Thursday over the way they sell ads to ...
Dec 10, 2020
