Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK health minister to speak on COVID measures as new variant spreads
LONDON (Reuters) - British Health Secretary Matt Hancock will speak on Wednesday about what further action the government needs to take to tackle the novel coronavirus after a new variant of the virus...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. core capital goods orders, shipments rise in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for key U.S.-made capital goods increased for a seventh straight month in November, suggesting business investment could offset slowing consumer spending and keep the...
Dec 23, 2020
French court upholds closure of cultural venues during second wave
PARIS (Reuters) - France's highest administrative court upheld on Wednesday the government's decision to keep cinemas and other cultural venues shut for longer after a second lockdown brought about by...
Dec 23, 2020
Twenty years ago Nissan squeezed suppliers, now it needs their help
By Tim Kelly and Maki Shiraki Tokyo (Reuters) - When Carlos Ghosn arrived at Nissan in 1999, suppliers took the brunt of cost-cutting that helped revive the automaker. Two decades later, his successor...
Dec 23, 2020
EU makes preparations to put in place any UK trade deal from Jan. 1 - sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union member states have started to prepare procedures to put in place a new trade deal with Britain from Jan. 1, if one is agreed, three diplomatic sources in the bloc t...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; consumer spending declines in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, though remaining elevated as more businesses face restrictions and consum...
Dec 23, 2020
COVID-19 vaccinations to begin in Mexico on Thursday, president says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccinations will begin in Mexico on Thursday, starting with healthcare workers, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a regular news conference on Wednes...
Dec 23, 2020
Sweden registers 6,609 new COVID-19 cases, 112 deaths on Wednesday
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, whose unorthodox pandemic strategy placed it in the global spotlight, registered 6,609 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, Health Agency statistics showed. The increase c...
Dec 23, 2020
Russia halts uptake of new volunteers in Sputnik V vaccine trial - TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russa's Health Ministry said on Wednesday it was halting the uptake of new volunteers in its main trial of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, the TASS news agency reported. The...
Dec 23, 2020
Britain approves use of COVID-19 self-test kit
(Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday approved the exceptional use of the National Health Service test and trace COVID-19 self-test kit to detect asymptomatic coronavirus cases, as it mulls a stricter lock...
Dec 23, 2020
