Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Azerbaijan says 2,783 of its soldiers killed during Karabakh conflict
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's defence ministry said on Thursday that 2,783 of its soldiers were killed during its conflict with ethnic Armenian forces over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and that ...
Dec 03, 2020
Last foreign Red Cross workers leave North Korea amid coronavirus curbs
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - The last remaining foreign staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have left North Korea, the aid organisation said on Thursday, the latest in a ma...
Dec 03, 2020
Sainsbury's and Aldi waive tax relief as UK supermarkets hand back $1.9 billion
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Sainsbury's and Aldi will forgo UK property tax relief during the pandemic, following rivals Tesco and Morrisons and taking the total saved by the government from sup...
Dec 03, 2020
English health service looking at ways to deploy Pfizer vaccine in care homes - official
LONDON (Reuters) - England's National Health Service (NHS) is looking at ways to deploy Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in care homes with the medical regulator, but there is no guarantee that it w...
Dec 03, 2020
Africa foresees 60% of people vaccinated against COVID in two to three years
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa aims to have 60% of its population vaccinated against COVID-19 within the next two to three years, the African Union's disease control group said on Thursday. The conti...
Dec 03, 2020
Moscow to open COVID-19 vaccination centres on Saturday - mayor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow will open its new COVID-19 vaccination centres on Saturday and the first people to receive the shot will be teachers, doctors and social workers, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said o...
Dec 03, 2020
Pandemic silver lining: empty Paris hotel shelters the homeless
PARIS (Reuters) - In normal times the Hotel Avenir Montmartre is a tourist magnet with its views of the Eiffel Tower and the Sacre Coeur church, but COVID-19 has scared off the usual guests. Instead, ...
Dec 03, 2020
Euro zone retail sales rebound more than expected in Oct
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone retail sales rallied more than expected in October, data showed on Thursday, mainly thanks to a surge in online shopping as a second wave of COVID-19 infections arrived....
Dec 03, 2020
IBM warns hackers targeting COVID vaccine 'cold chain' supply process
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - IBM is sounding the alarm over hackers targeting companies critical to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a sign that digital spies are turning their atten...
Dec 03, 2020
Germany is a victim of early COVID-19 success, RKI chief says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's success in dealing with the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in March and April had led many to doubt the virus's severity or even existence, the head of Germany's p...
Dec 03, 2020
