Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain and Canada impose sanctions on Belarus leader Lukashenko
By Josh Smith and David Ljunggren SEOUL/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Britain and Canada imposed travel bans and asset freezes on Tuesday on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and other senior of...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
WTO should play role in COVID-19 medicine access: candidate
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - A key contender to head the World Trade Organization told Reuters on Tuesday she thinks the body should play a role in helping poorer countries access COVID-19 drugs a...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
Stretched to the limit, Spanish medics demand better conditions
By Nacho Doce and Marco Trujillo BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) - Dressed in white lab coats, medical scrubs and face masks, hundreds of junior Spanish doctors took to the streets of Barcelona on Tuesday ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
New York City's daily COVID-19 positive test rate is over 3% 'for the first time in months': mayor
(Reuters) - New York City's positive COVID-19 test rate topped 3% "for the first time in months," Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday, attributing the rise in the city's infection rate to nine partic...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
New York City to fine people who refuse to wear mask as COVID-19 positive rate rises
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will impose fines on people who refuse to wear a face covering as the rate of positive tests for the novel coronavirus climbed above 3% for the first time in months,...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
TikTok launches U.S. elections guide to combat misinformation
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - TikTok is launching an elections guide in the video-sharing app to give users information about the 2020 U.S. elections to help protect against misinformation, the c...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
New Batman story to debut on Spotify podcast in 2021
(Reuters) - An original story about Batman alter-ego Bruce Wayne will debut next year as a podcast series on the Spotify streaming service, the producers announced on Tuesday. Called "Batman Unburied,...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro defends aid for poor as fiscal fears hit markets again
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro took to social media on Tuesday to hit back at accusations his government is using accounting gimmicks ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
British regulator to review Taiwan-China bird spat
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Britain's charity regulator said on Tuesday it was investigating a British bird conservation group that cut ties with a Taiwanese counterpart because it refused to promise in writin...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
Yen safety status at risk from pandemic-era global rates collapse
By Saikat Chatterjee, Dhara Ranasinghe and Hideyuki Sano LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - The coronavirus epidemic - and the collapse in global interest rates it has sparked - may have blown a hole in convent...
Thomson Reuters Sep 29, 2020
