Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colorful 'Wonder Woman 1984' hits theaters, and living rooms, on Christmas
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comic book hero Wonder Woman returns to the screen on Christmas Day with a hefty mission: bring holiday cheer to pandemic-weary audiences, provide a boost to s...
Dec 21, 2020
Britain stands by Brexit transition period ending on Dec. 31, PM's spokesman says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will end a transition period with the European Union on Dec. 31, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, after Scotland's first minister called on the l...
Dec 21, 2020
German court sentences synagogue gunman to life in prison
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court on Monday sentenced a man to life in prison for killing two people in a shooting attack near a synagogue in eastern Germany on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur last ...
Dec 21, 2020
Vietnamese truck deaths: UK finds two men guilty of manslaughter
LONDON (Reuters) - Two men were found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 men, women and children from Vietnam after they were found dead in the back of a refrigerated truck near London last year. The de...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. health official says 'everything on table' about possible UK travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Assistant Health Secretary Brett Giroir on Monday said that it was possible the United States would ban travel from the United Kingdom as a new variant of the deadly corona...
Dec 21, 2020
Bitcoin slumps 6% as new COVID-19 strain upsets wider markets
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped as much as 6% on Monday, with fears over a fast-spreading new coronavirus strain in Britain hitting assets across wider markets. The cryptocurrency was...
Dec 21, 2020
China CanSinoBIO's COVID-19 vaccine trials recruit over 20,000 people
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's CanSino Biologics Inc has recruited over 20,000 participants for late-stage human trials overseas for its coronavirus vaccine, a health official said on Monday. The candida...
Dec 21, 2020
Explainer-The new coronavirus variant in Britain: How worrying is it?
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A new variant of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Britain and prompting high levels of concern among its European neighbours, some of whic...
Dec 21, 2020
Putin lauds AstraZeneca as it signs vaccine tie-up deal with Russia
By Andrew Osborn and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed British drugmaker AstraZeneca's decision to test combining its own experimental COVID-19 va...
Dec 21, 2020
Watchdog highlights shortcomings in EU rules to curb tech companies
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A watchdog has criticised the EU's new rules that aim to curb the power of Alphabet unit Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, potentially providing scope for compan...
Dec 21, 2020
