Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Technology matters, but how real are our virtual lives at work and play?
By Lauren Young NEW YORK - As our lives become more virtual with technology, how do gadgets define our identity at work, home and social circles at this unique moment in history? Mary L. Gray, an anth...
Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2020
Super spooky: Halloween trick-or-treating amid COVID-19
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - On a typical Halloween, Sarah Schwimmer would answer her door and put candy in the outstretched hands of costumed trick-or-treaters, but this year she will be shooting ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2020
Air strikes on Syrian rebel camp kill at least 35 people: sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes on a camp in northwest Syria run by rebel fighters backed by Turkey killed at least 35 people and wounded scores on Monday, a war monitor and a rebel source said. The re...
Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2020
Microsoft quietly prepares to avoid spotlight under Biden
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, which has largely evaded Washington's scrutiny of Big Tech companies and scored a lucrative $10 billion government contract under the Trump admin...
Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2020
Canada court to hear witness testimony in Huawei CFO's U.S. extradition case
By Moira Warburton (Reuters) - A Canada court will hear witness testimony starting Monday as part of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's legal battle to stop her extradition to the United St...
Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2020
Iran reports COVID-19 death every five minutes, hospitals struggle
DUBAI (Reuters) - Hospitals in many Iranian provinces are running out of capacity to handle COVID-19 cases, health authorities say, with novel coronavirus now killing around 300 people a day or one pe...
Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2020
Kurdish officials say they foiled attack on diplomats in northern Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq said on Monday they had foiled a plan to attack foreign diplomats in their autonomous regional capital of Erbil, more than a year after the kil...
Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2020
Measures for Italian businesses hit by new COVID restrictions to be published on Tuesday
ROME (Reuters) - A package of measures aimed at supporting businesses in Italy which will suffer from restrictions imposed to rein in a second wave of COVID-19 will be published on Tuesday, officials ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2020
Europe prepares for more pain ahead as COVID surges
By James Mackenzie MILAN (Reuters) - European leaders warned of difficult months ahead as the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic forced authorities to impose new restrictions to try to curb the spread of the...
Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2020
UK consumer confidence falls after five months of gains: YouGov/Cebr
LONDON (Reuters) - A measure of consumer confidence among people in Britain fell for the first time in six months in October as worries mounted about new COVID-19 restrictions , polling firm YouGov an...
Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2020
