Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia reports 28,214 new coronavirus infections, 587 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday reported 28,214 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 6,711 in Moscow, pushing the national tally to 2,762,668. Authorities said 587 people had di...
Dec 17, 2020
UK fintech GoCardless raises $95 million in funding led by Bain Capital Ventures
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - British digital payments firm GoCardless has raised $95 million in an investment round led by Bain Capital Ventures, the company said on Thursday. The startup will us...
Dec 17, 2020
Iran's president says "no doubt" U.S. will return to nuclear deal commitments
(Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday he was certain the incoming U.S. administration will return to its nuclear deal commitments and lift crippling sanctions on his country. "I...
Dec 17, 2020
Kawaguchi does it again: UND captain scores OT winner
OMAHA, Neb.–(UND Athletics) Senior captain Jordan Kawaguchi’s game-winning goal just eight seconds into overtime sent fourth-ranked North Dakota to a 4-3 win over the ninth-ranked St. Clou...
Dec 17, 2020
Earthquake shakes eastern Japan, no tsunami warning
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 shook eastern Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Ibaraki prefecture, no...
Dec 17, 2020
Watchdog investigates Swisscom's fibre optic network expansion
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's competition commission (COMCO) has opened an investigation into telecoms provider Swisscom, ordering immediate precautionary measures to allow competitors access to ne...
Dec 17, 2020
Luxury goods group Kering says it will co-operate on tax probe, denies any wrongdoing
PARIS (Reuters) - Kering, the French luxury goods group whose brands include Gucci and Saint Laurent, said on Thursday that it would co-operate fully on a tax probe into the company, while rejecting a...
Dec 17, 2020
China says to share part of lunar samples with scientists from other countries
BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to share data and samples that the Chang'e 5 probe obtained during its recent mission to the moon, based on international cooperation conventions, said the deputy head ...
Dec 17, 2020
Australians head for the tills to spend away a year to forget
By Cordelia Hsu and Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australians packed into shopping malls on Thursday to stock up on supplies for the Christmas holiday season, spending money that might usually go tow...
Dec 17, 2020
Turkey says will not turn back on Russian S-400S purchase despite sanctions
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will not turn back on its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems and will take reciprocal steps after evaluating the U.S. sanctions imposed because of the acquisit...
Dec 17, 2020
