Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Gunmen take up to 20 hostage in Georgian bank, demand $500,000
TBILISI (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen took up to 20 people hostage in Georgia on Wednesday, in a branch of the commercial Bank of Georgia in the town of Zugdidi, police said, according to the TV cha...
Oct 21, 2020
Bitcoin extends gains after PayPal move to accept cryptocurrencies
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin extended its gains on Wednesday after PayPal Holdings Inc said it will allow customers to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies. It was last up 3.2% at $12,305, just below its...
Oct 21, 2020
France bans Islamist group after killing of teacher: government spokesman
PARIS (Reuters) - France will ban an Islamist group named after the late Sheikh Yassin as part of a crackdown on militants following the murder of a French schoolteacher last week, government spokesma...
Oct 21, 2020
Uber offers more than €1 billion to buy Daimler/BMW's freenow: Manager Magazin
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Ride-hailing firm Uber has offered more than 1 billion euros to buy Daimler and BMW's joint mobility services company Freenow, Manager Magazin said on Wednesday. While Daimler is...
Oct 21, 2020
Spanish grandma, 99, gets back to computer games after beating COVID-19
By Elena Rodriguez and Juan Antonio Dominguez MADRID (Reuters) - When 99-year old Florentina Martin caught the coronavirus in September, her grand-daughter's greatest fear was not that the disease wou...
Oct 21, 2020
G20 women's forum urged to press hosts Saudi on rights
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Rights groups want participants in a G20 women's meeting starting in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to seek the release of detained female activists and call out the ki...
Oct 21, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro says his government will not buy China's Sinovac vaccine
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that his government will not buy China's Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19, one day after the health minister said it would be i...
Oct 21, 2020
Saudi launches national artificial intelligence strategy
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Wednesday launched a National Strategy for Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and will announce several AI partnerships, the head of the Saudi Data and Artificial ...
Oct 21, 2020
Ant Group to launch $35 billion IPO after final nod from China regulator
By Colin Qian, Julie Zhu and Meg Shen BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Ant Group has won the final nod from the country's top securities watchdog for the registration of its Shanghai offering, th...
Oct 21, 2020
PayPal to open up network to cryptocurrencies
By Anna Irrera and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it will allow customers to hold bitcoin and other virtual coins in its online wallet and shop using cryptocurrenc...
Oct 21, 2020
