Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia signs more deals with India to make 300 million Sputnik V vaccines
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India will produce about 300 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines next year, a Russian official was quoted as saying, nearly three times the previously known num...
Dec 18, 2020
French scientist sees no return to post-COVID-19 normal before autumn 2021
PARIS (Reuters) - The French population will probably not return to a "normal" post COVID-19 life before autumn 2021, a senior government scientific adviser said on Friday. "We have a virus which cont...
Dec 18, 2020
'I Feel Fine' - Beatles legend McCartney gives COVID vaccine a shot in the arm
LONDON (Reuters) - Beatles legend Paul McCartney gave Britain's COVID-19 vaccine rollout a big shot in the arm by vowing to be among the first global superstars to be inoculated, The Sun newspaper rep...
Dec 18, 2020
Raiders lose QB Carr, fall in overtime to Chargers, Herbert
By W. G. Ramirez LAS VEGAS - Justin Herbert's brilliant rookie season is now a record-setting campaign. Herbert scored on 1-yard plunge to give the Los Angeles Chargers a 30-27 overtime victory over t...
Dec 18, 2020
New English lockdown can't be ruled out after Christmas, minister suggests
LONDON (Reuters) - A new national lockdown in England can't be ruled out after Christmas, British schools minister Nick Gibb said on Friday, before rowing back the comments and emphasising the regiona...
Dec 18, 2020
Tencent-led consortium buys extra 10% of Vivendi's Universal
PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi said on Friday a Tencent-led consortium would exercise its option to buy an additional 10% stake in Universal Music Group (UMG), home to Taylor Swift and The Beatles, based o...
Dec 18, 2020
UK wants Brexit trade deal but we'll walk unless EU moves - minister says
By Alistair Smout and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and European Union negotiators will resume trade talks on Friday with both sides warning that they remained far apart on a number of iss...
Dec 18, 2020
Barclays UK chairman Cheshire steps down, Crawford Gillies takes over
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays' UK director and chair Ian Cheshire is stepping down from Jan 1 2021 to be succeed by Crawford Gillies, the bank said on Friday. Cheshire has decided he is unable to take o...
Dec 18, 2020
YouTube faces complaints of lax approach on overseas election misinformation
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After facing heavy criticism for not doing enough to stem misinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential election, YouTube announced last week it would remove vide...
Dec 18, 2020
UK retail sales fell in November as lockdown hit stores
By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales fell sharply last month when a four-week lockdown in England closed stores which sold non-essential goods to the public, offici...
Dec 18, 2020
