Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indian opposition demands repeal of farm laws after protests
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's main opposition party pressed the government on Thursday to call a special parliamentary session to withdraw new agricultural laws that farmers say wil...
Dec 24, 2020
Futures rise in pre-Christmas trade; Alibaba falls on China probe
By Devik Jain and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday ahead of a shortened trading session on hopes of a gradual economic rebound, while Alibaba slumped after China lau...
Dec 24, 2020
Brexit talks still snagged on fish, may take some hours
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Talks to conclude a Brexit trade could still have "some hours to run", a UK source said on Thursday amid high hopes that negotiators were about to clinch a long-elusive deal. A Eu...
Dec 24, 2020
In Brazil, vaccine trial volunteers hope to save lives, not win fame
By Amanda Perobelli SAO PAULO (Reuters) - From doctors weary of seeing patients die to relatives who lost their loved ones, thousands of Brazilians have volunteered for COVID vaccine trials in one of ...
Dec 24, 2020
Exiled archbishop returns to Belarus after Pope lobbies Lukashenko - Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Minsk's exiled Catholic archbishop has returned to Belarus after Pope Francis successfully lobbied Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to allow him back, the Interfax news agency...
Dec 24, 2020
Denmark finds 33 cases of new variant of coronavirus
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark has identified 33 infections with the new variant of the coronavirus that has been spreading rapidly in parts of Britain, according to authorities. The State Serum Insti...
Dec 24, 2020
Pope promises to visit Lebanon, South Sudan, as soon as possible
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis promised in his Christmas messages on Thursday to visit Lebanon and South Sudan as soon as he could. The pope traditionally mentions countries ...
Dec 24, 2020
Serbia begins COVID-19 vaccination drive, with PM first in line
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ana Brnabic received Serbia's first COVID-19 vaccine shot on Thursday, kicking off a mass inoculation drive with doses developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Some 4,875 ...
Dec 24, 2020
Pandemic prompts Wall Street to look south for Florida's life and work benefits
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - A bevy of Wall Street executives, bankers and fund managers are abandoning New York for Florida, embracing the Sunshine State over metropolitan New York as th...
Dec 24, 2020
Democrats want rushed vote on Trump's $2,000 coronavirus aid checks
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday aim to win quick passage of legislation providing $2,000 in direct payments to Americans as part of a...
Dec 24, 2020
