Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Venezuelan professionals turn to cooking and delivery to survive quarantine
By Corina Pons and Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan professionals from biologists to lawyers have turned to making food and face masks or selling cleaning products as the coronavirus quaran...
Oct 14, 2020
Nokia moves to Google Cloud, signs five-year deal
(Reuters) - Finland's Nokia has signed a 5-year deal with Google to replace its IT infrastructure, including data centers, with Google's Cloud offering as the network equipment maker seeks to cut cost...
Oct 14, 2020
10,000 more children a month could die of malnutrition due to COVID impact - WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - The director general of the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday an additional 10,000 children a month could die this year from malnutrition as a result of the impact of the ...
Oct 14, 2020
Pandemic puts global progress against tuberculosis at risk: WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic is derailing global efforts to tackle tuberculosis (TB), the world's deadliest infectious disease, with cases likely to rise without urgent action and investme...
Oct 14, 2020
YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos from YouTube that promote misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, expanding its current rules against...
Oct 14, 2020
Kidnappings by pirates up 40% in Gulf of Guinea: IMB
LAGOS (Reuters) - Kidnappings rose by 40% in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of this year, and the region off West Africa's coast now accounts for 95% of global maritime kidnappings, the I...
Oct 14, 2020
U.N. access to decaying Yemen tanker could take weeks, say sources
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - A United Nations team will have to wait several weeks to access a deteriorating tanker off Yemen's shore that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude...
Oct 14, 2020
U.S. producer prices accelerate, but overall inflation trending softer
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in September amid a surge in the cost of hotel and motel accommodation, leading to the first year-on-year gai...
Oct 14, 2020
Spanish Catalonia region orders bars, restaurants shutdown for 15 days
BARCELONA (Reuters) - The Spanish region of Catalonia ordered on Wednesday the closure of bars and restaurants for 15 days from Thursday and limited the opening of shops and parks to try to curb a sur...
Oct 14, 2020
UK's Sunak says new national lockdown would have 'stark' costs
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday that he believed a second national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus would carry heavy economic and social costs....
Oct 14, 2020
