Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis: Christmas and Brexit double bill put strain on UK supermarkets
By James Davey LONDON(Reuters) - For Britain's supermarket groups Christmas 2020 will be like noother, with the challenge of unprecedented demand due tothe COVID-19 crisis followed by the risk of disr...
Dec 07, 2020
Russia approves clinical trials for Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Ad5-Ncov: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has granted approval for clinical trials to be held for the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Ad5-Ncov involving 8,000 volunteers, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday. Ad5-nCo...
Dec 07, 2020
Former U.S. Senator and anti-fraud law co-sponsor Paul Sarbanes dies at 87
(Reuters) - Paul Sarbanes, a Maryland Democrat who served in the U.S. Congress for more than three decades, helped clean up the Chesapeake Bay and corporate scandals and pressured Richard Nixon to res...
Dec 07, 2020
Romanian leftist Social Democrats take lead in parliamentary vote
By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's opposition Social Democrats (PSD) have taken the lead in Sunday's national election, seen as pivotal for the country's future in the European mainstream, ...
Dec 07, 2020
Bavarian premier calls for summit on COVID-19 curbs before Christmas
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders should meet before Christmas to discuss tighter measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the premier of the southern state o...
Dec 07, 2020
European shares slip on worries over U.S.-China relations; FTSE 100 shines
(Reuters) - European shares slipped on Monday as rising tension between the United States and China sapped some appetite for risky assets, while Britain-based exporters outperformed as uncertainty ove...
Dec 07, 2020
Capital One stops 'risky' buy-now-pay-later credit card transactions
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Capital One Financial Corp (CapOne) has barred customers using its credit cards to clear buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) debt as the transactions bear unacceptable risk, it t...
Dec 07, 2020
France unlikely to reach 5,000 daily COVID infections goal by December 15: scientist
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of new COVID-19 infections per day in France is unlikely to fall to a 5,000 target by Dec. 15 as the population is not sufficiently respecting social distancing measures, ...
Dec 07, 2020
Gordon-Led Rally Falls Short for North Dakota in Bozeman
BOZEMAN, Mont. (UND Athletics)- Suffering a season-ending injury in the preseason last year, Juliet Gordon spent the past year rehabilitating an injury while cheering her team on from the sideline. 94...
Dec 07, 2020
COVID vaccine could be airlifted to UK if Brexit blocks ports: minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine could be airlifted to Britain if ports are snarled up when the Brexit transition period ends delaying the import of medicines, a junior forei...
Dec 07, 2020
