Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK's Johnson urges lawmakers to back regional COVID-19 restrictions
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged lawmakers to support his new system of regional coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, arguing in the face of criticism from his party that t...
Dec 01, 2020
Several people injured by car in pedestrian zone in German town
BERLIN (Reuters) - A car hit and injured several people in a pedestrian zone in the western German city of Trier, police said on Twitter on Tuesday. Public broadcaster SWR reported that the driver had...
Dec 01, 2020
From hate speech to nudity, Facebook's oversight board picks its first cases
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's independent oversight board announced on Tuesday the first six cases where it could overrule the social media company's decisions to remove certain pi...
Dec 01, 2020
Historic Liberia war crimes trial to open in Switzerland
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The trial of a former Liberian commander accused of rape, pillage, assassinations, and an act of cannibalism opens in Switzerland this week. The trial of Alieu Kosiah,...
Dec 01, 2020
Hospitality hit hardest as Austrian unemployment rises during lockdown
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian unemployment rose in November as a coronavirus lockdown kicked in in the second half of the month, Labour Minister Christine Aschbacher said on Tuesday, with hospitality jo...
Dec 01, 2020
After 4.2 million COVID-19 cases in November, U.S. pins hope on vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States entered the final month of the year hoping that promising vaccine candidates will soon be approved to halt the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus after 4.2 mi...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. air monitors routinely miss pollution - even refinery explosions
By Tim McLaughlin, Laila Kearney and Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - When explosions ripped through a Philadelphia oil refinery last year, the shock waves knocked Felicia Menna's front door frame out of pl...
Dec 01, 2020
EasyJet to cut onboard luggage allowance
LONDON (Reuters) - British airline EasyJet is to reduce its onboard luggage allowance from Feb. 10 next year, a move which will incentivise more people to pay to select their seat or check a bag into ...
Dec 01, 2020
Brazil planemaker Embraer says hackers gained access to company data
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian plane manufacturer Embraer said late on Monday that it had been targeted by hackers, who obtained the "disclosure of data allegedly attributed to the company." The comp...
Dec 01, 2020
Bosnia's 'Oxygen Man' brings cheer, and supplies, to COVID-19 patients
By Daria Sito-Sucic KONJIC, Bosnia (Reuters) - Miralem Sabic Mika, known as the "Oxygen Man" in his native town of Konjic, has become a local hero for helping coronavirus patients breathe easier and c...
Dec 01, 2020
