Author Archives: Syndicated Content
European shares slip at end of stellar month; eyes on Brexit
(Reuters) - Europe's benchmark stock index opened lower on Monday with focus on Brexit negotiations, but was still on track for its best month on record on the prospect of easing coronavirus restricti...
Nov 30, 2020
China to impose sanctions on four over egregious behaviour on Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will impose sanctions on four people over their egregious behaviour regarding the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong, it said on Monday. They will be banned from entering China...
Nov 30, 2020
Yemen pushes polio immunization in bid to stem outbreak
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni health worker Fairouz Sanad lugs a coolbox of polio vaccines from house to house, dripping the liquid into children's mouths hoping to stop an outbreak of the paralysing virus...
Nov 30, 2020
Scotland's Sturgeon says she wants independence vote early in next parliament
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Monday declined to rule out a new vote for Scottish independence next year, saying that she wanted to see a referendum held in the early...
Nov 30, 2020
War not over, says Ethiopia's Tigrayan forces leader
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - The leader of Ethiopia's rebellious northern forces said on Monday he was still fighting close to the regional capital of Mekelle after it was captured by government tr...
Nov 30, 2020
Indivior to 'vigorously defend' Reckitt Benckiser's $1.4 billion claim
(Reuters) - British drugmaker Indivior Plc said on Monday it would "vigorously defend" against a 1.07 billion pound ($1.43 billion) legal claim from consumer good maker Reckitt Benckiser Group relatin...
Nov 30, 2020
Russia reports 26,338 new coronavirus cases, 368 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 26,338 new coronavirus cases on Monday, including 6,511 in Moscow and 3,691 in St Petersburg, taking the national total to 2,295,654 cases since the pandemic began. ...
Nov 30, 2020
UK business confidence at four-month low but signs of vaccine boost: Lloyds
LONDON (Reuters) - Confidence among British businesses fell to its lowest level in November since July as companies faced new COVID-19 restrictions but firms turned less pessimistic after news of a br...
Nov 30, 2020
Italy's antitrust fines Apple 10 million euros for misleading commercial practices
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority said on Monday it had fined Apple 10 million euros ($12 million) for "aggressive and misleading" commercial practices regarding its iPhones. The regulator ...
Nov 30, 2020
Up to 100 of Johnson's lawmakers are unhappy with COVID lockdown, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 100 lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party are unhappy with his COVID-19 tiered lockdown measures so the government may have to rely on the Labour Part...
Nov 30, 2020
