Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iran imposes mandatory quarantine for travellers from Europe
(Reuters) - Travellers to Iran from Europe will be required to self-quarantine for two weeks after testing negative upon arrival, a health official said on Saturday. Travellers from other regions, inc...
Jan 30, 2021
Analysis: Robinhood and Reddit protected from lawsuits by user agreement, Congress
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc's user agreement is likely to protect the brokerage app from a barrage of lawsuits filed by customers after it blocked a frenzied trading rally in compani...
Jan 30, 2021
Analysis: A tulip by another name? 'Gamestonk' and the case for investor caution
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - It sounds like the start of a parable: Investors stuck inside during a pandemic begin to bid up an asset until its price becomes untethered to reality. The value ...
Jan 30, 2021
Exclusive: China gene firm providing worldwide COVID tests worked with Chinese military
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - BGI Group, the world's largest genomics company, has worked with China's military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain scie...
Jan 30, 2021
Man charged over suspect package sent to UK AstraZeneca vaccine plant
LONDON (Reuters) - A man has been charged after a suspicious package was sent to a factory in Wales that produces AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine resulting in a temporary suspension of manufacturing, B...
Jan 30, 2021
Ireland says given no forewarning about triggering of Brexit clause
By Padraic Halpin and John Chalmers DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland was not consulted by the European Commission before it briefly sought to restrict some exports of COVID-19 vaccines by invoking an emerge...
Jan 30, 2021
Russia and Turkey open monitoring centre for Nagorno-Karabakh
BAKU (Reuters) - Russia and Turkey opened a joint centre on Saturday to observe a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh that was agreed following a flare-up in the conflict in the region last year, Azerbaijan...
Jan 30, 2021
Austria finds 96 foreigners in breach of lockdown rules at top ski resort
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian police have found 96 foreigners from across Europe at the ski resort of St Anton am Arlberg in breach of pandemic-related rules on entering the country and the national loc...
Jan 30, 2021
India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the c...
Jan 30, 2021
Norway to gradually ease capital's COVID-19 lockdown from February 3
By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government will gradually loosen the capital region's coronavirus lockdown, allowing some shops and recreational activities to reopen from Feb. 3 onwards, H...
Jan 30, 2021
