Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia adds firepower to Kaliningrad exclave citing NATO threat
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is beefing up its forces in its Kaliningrad exclave and has already formed a full motorised rifle division that includes a regiment of tanks, a naval admiral said on Monday, ...
Dec 07, 2020
Futures ease as Sino-U.S. tensions heat up, fiscal deal awaited
By Shriya Ramakrishnan (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pulled back from record levels on Monday as fresh Sino-U.S. tensions over Hong Kong dented sentiment, while investors also awaited concrete ...
Dec 07, 2020
Denmark shuts down parts of the country to curb local infection spikes
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will implement further lockdown measures in parts of the country to curb a recent spike in coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday. Bars,...
Dec 07, 2020
Love match: Tokyo to help fund Japanese AI cupid upgrades-report
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government plans to step up efforts to stem the country's tumbling birth rate by helping to fund more sophisticated artificial intelligence matchmaking systems, media sa...
Dec 07, 2020
Pandemic's uneven march across U.S. paved way for wider outbreak
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine months after the U.S. government declared a state of emergency to fight the coronavirus pandemic, daily deaths and new infections are breaking records, ...
Dec 07, 2020
Pope Francis will visit Iraq March 5-8 of next year, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will make the first-ever visit by a pope to Iraq next year, visiting five places, including Baghdad, Erbil and Mosul between March 5-8, the Vatican said on Monday...
Dec 07, 2020
Italy wants heads of state to attend May G20 health summit -sources
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Italy will stage a health summit in Rome next May during its presidency of the Group of 20 major economies and hopes world leaders, including U.S. President-elect J...
Dec 07, 2020
France finds bird flu case on duck farm, tests ongoing
PARIS (Reuters) - A case of bird flu has been found on a duck farm in southwestern France but it is still unclear whether it is the highly contagious form of the virus, the body representing the foie ...
Dec 07, 2020
Rolls-Royce kicks off disposal plan with nuclear instrument sale
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Rolls-Royce has signed a deal to sell its civil nuclear instrumentation and control business for an undisclosed sum, kicking off a plan to raise 2 billion pounds ($2.65 bil...
Dec 07, 2020
Huawei CFO back in Canada court in extradition case as U.S. negotiates resolving charges
By Sarah Berman VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will return to a Canadian court on Monday as witness testimony in her U.S. extradition case resumes, amid news last we...
Dec 07, 2020
