Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Putin says yet to decide if he will run for president again in 2024
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had not yet decided whether or not he would run for president again when his current term in the Kremlin ends in 2024, and that i...
Dec 17, 2020
England test and trace says now reaching over 92% of contacts
LONDON (Reuters) - England's COVID-19 test and trace system reached a record 92.7% of contacts of positive cases, the latest weekly statistics showed, helped by increases in the numbers of calls and c...
Dec 17, 2020
Factbox-What's new with the Fed's 2020 bank stress tests?
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON, December 17 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's bank stress tests have been significantly different in 2020, thanks to regulatory changes and the dramatic economic turmoil ...
Dec 17, 2020
Sweden's king says 'we have failed' over COVID-19, as deaths mount
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's king said his country had failed in its handling of COVID-19, in a sharp criticism of a pandemic policy partly blamed for a high death toll among the elderly. Carl XVI G...
Dec 17, 2020
UN agency seeks extra $204 million for Zimbabwe as hunger bites
HARARE (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday appealed for an additional $204 million to support 4 million of the most food insecure Zimbabweans for the next six months....
Dec 17, 2020
EU watchdog sets out 'evolutionary' change to insurance capital rules
LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union's capital rules for insurers need changing to reflect low interest rates and the need stronger supervisory powers to tackle risks, the bloc's insurance watchdog s...
Dec 17, 2020
Inside a military base in Ethiopia's Tigray: soldiers decry betrayal by former comrades
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Rebellious soldiers used government tanks to attack their former comrades in a military base in the first chaotic days of Ethiopia's month-long war in the region of Tigray, acc...
Dec 17, 2020
EU concludes preliminary talks to buy up to 200 million doses of Novavax COVID vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has concluded preliminary talks with U.S. firm Novavax to secure up to 200 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a Commission spokesman said on Thurs...
Dec 17, 2020
Italian fishermen detained in Libya have been freed -Italian foreign min
ROME (Reuters) - A group of 18 sailors who were seized by Libyan patrol boats in September while fishing in the Mediterranean, have been freed by authorities in eastern Libya, Italian Foreign Minister...
Dec 17, 2020
Crypto firm Paxos raises $142 million in latest funding round
(Reuters) - Cryptocurrency firm Paxos said on Thursday it raised about $142 million from its series C round of funding from investors including Paypal Ventures, Declaration Partners and Ken Moelis amo...
Dec 17, 2020
