Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. rights office says Trump should disavow 'very dangerous' language
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. rights office said on Friday that President Donald Trump should disavow "very dangerous" language he and other political leaders have used about the U.S. election result an...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
1.1 million people in England had COVID last week - ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - Over 1.1 million people had COVID-19 last week, equivalent to 1 in 50 people in the nation, the UK's Office for National Statistics said on Friday, rising to 1 in 30 people in the c...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
If rioters who stormed Capitol were Black, 'hundreds' would have been killed
By Nandita Bose and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' stark racial inequality was on display after a mob of predominantly white supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U....
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Futures at record high ahead of monthly employment data
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - Futures tracking Wall Street's main indexes scaled new highs on Friday, as investors counted on more economic stimulus to ride out a pandemic-led downturn ahead of the crucia...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Greece extends international travel restrictions to January 21, toughens quarantine
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has extended restrictions on international flights by two weeks to help rein in the spread of COVID-19, its civil aviation authority said on Friday. The requirement that all ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Percy Pig faces tariffs going to EU markets, UK's M&S warns
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer warned on Friday its popular Percy Pig sweets could be hit by tariffs if it re-exports the product to European Union countries, including Ireland. C...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
NBA-'We live in two Americas', James says, after Capitol siege
(Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James said the violent mob of President Donald Trump's supporters forcing their way into the U.S. Capitol showed that there were "two Americas". Hundreds ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine developed by German research group fails in early trial
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A coronavirus vaccine developed by the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) and vaccine maker IDT Biologika did not prompt the hoped-for immune reaction in early-stage tes...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Cyprus goes into new lockdown from January 10 as COVID surges
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus will introduce a new lockdown to quell rising COVID-19 infections from Jan. 10, its health minister said on Friday, the country's second since the start of the pandemic. Ret...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
Traditional Japanese bars stagger under blow of second coronavirus emergency
By Akira Tomoshige Akiko Okamoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Yusuke Aoi has seen earnings at his traditional Tokyo bar plunge since the coronavirus pandemic began last year - and fears the area's second state o...
Thomson Reuters Jan 08, 2021
