Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss gov't closes restaurants, tells people to stay home to fight virus
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government ordered all restaurants, sports and recreation centres closed for a month from Tuesday and urged people to stay home to curb stubbornly high coronavirus infecti...
Dec 18, 2020
Saudi-Led coalition destroys an Iranian-made mine in southern Red Sea - state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-Led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Friday it destroyed a marine mine laid by Iran-aligned Houthis in the southern Red Sea, and that the mine is Iranian-made, Saudi sta...
Dec 18, 2020
Bulgaria expels Russian diplomat over espionage
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has given a Russian diplomat 72 hours to leave the country after prosecutors alleged he has been involved in espionage in the Balkan country since 2017, i...
Dec 18, 2020
Volkswagen adjusting production amid semiconductor shortage
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany's Volkswagen said on Friday it faced a shortage in the supply of semiconductors and would adjust production at facilities in China, North America and Europe. Semiconductor...
Dec 18, 2020
Analysis-Spillover from Tigray conflict adds to pressure on Sudan
By Khalid Abdelaziz, Ali Mirghani and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM/DUBAI (Reuters) - Clashes along Sudan's eastern border and the influx of tens of thousands of refugees from neighbouring Ethiopia have add...
Dec 18, 2020
'Invisible shipwrecks' belie falling migrant deaths: U.N
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of deaths recorded on migratory routes fell this year, although COVID-19 difficulties and so-called "invisible shipwrecks" mean the real number is probably ...
Dec 18, 2020
Explainer-Young, lean, non-smoker: why odds favour France's Macron in COVID-19 fight
By Elizabeth Pineau, Michel Rose and Tangi Salan PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has caught COVID-19, but since he is 42, a non-smoker who is not overweight and has access to the be...
Dec 18, 2020
Portugal believes Brexit trade deal still possible, says minister
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's foreign minister said on Friday he believed a trade deal between Britain and the European Union was still possible and said a close relationship between both sides was es...
Dec 18, 2020
UK's COVID R number jumps above 1, infections growing again
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's reproduction "R" number has jumped above 1 and the COVID-19 epidemic is estimated to be growing again, the Government Office for Science said on Friday, a sharp reversal f...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S. current account widens sharply in third quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. current account deficit surged in the third quarter as a record rebound in consumer spending pulled in imports, outpacing a recovery in exports. The Commerce Department...
Dec 18, 2020
