Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Shaping up for a rebellion? UK parliament to debate coronavirus curfew
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament will debate and vote on Tuesday on a 10 p.m. curfew on pubs, bars and restaurants in England, a measure the government says is necessary to slow the spread of C...
Oct 08, 2020
Germany says Thai king cannot rule from there
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister has said that Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn should not be conducting politics from the European country, where he spends much of his time. Foreign M...
Oct 08, 2020
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - -President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic took center stage at the vice presidential debate, although Mike Pence and Kamala Harris's relatively sedate performance stood in st...
Oct 08, 2020
EU seals supply deal with Johnson & Johnson on COVID-19 vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it had sealed a supply deal with Johnson & Johnson for the supply of its potential COVID-19 vaccine for up to 400 million people. This is ...
Oct 08, 2020
Dick's Sporting Goods to hire 9,000 holiday season workers, eyeing surge in online orders
By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dick's Sporting Goods said on Thursday it will hire up to 9,000 workers to cover the key holiday season in its stores, 1,000 more than last year, expecting a jump in...
Oct 08, 2020
Only two-thirds of COVID cases transferred to English trace system in latest week
LONDON (Reuters) - Only two-thirds of positive COVID-19 cases were transferred to England's test and trace system in the latest weekly figures, health service statistics showed on Thursday, as Britain...
Oct 08, 2020
Lopsided COVID-19 border rules cause headaches for busy Canadian factories
By Allison Lampert and Julie Gordon MONTREAL/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Some Canadian manufacturing executives are complaining that the country's confusing and lopsided exemptions to strict COVID-19 border co...
Oct 08, 2020
U.S. dismantles global disinformation campaign tied to Iran: Justice Department
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have seized a network of web domains which they said were used in a campaign by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to spread political disinformation around th...
Oct 08, 2020
Canada's struggling hospitality businesses face 'perfect storm' as insurers flee
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian hospitality businesses, already reeling from the downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, are facing yet another existential threat as insurance...
Oct 08, 2020
Rescue network seeks to save, rehab California's fire-stricken wild animals
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 350-pound (159-kg) black bear was released by a veterinary team into the remote woodlands of northern California this week, newly healed from crippling burns ...
Oct 08, 2020
