Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Don't believe in miracles, Madrid's maskless night owls warned
By Beln Carreo MADRID (Reuters) - A long line of young people, many maskless and smoking, queue to enter a trendy Madrid bar in an evening scene common across the Spanish capital's bustling centre. Ma...
Dec 18, 2020
Algerians impatient for change with president still out sick
By Lamine Chikhi and Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's first appearance since being hospitalised in Germany with COVID-19 in October was intended to reassu...
Dec 18, 2020
Spain's Supreme Court orders probe into nursing home COVID-19 deaths
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Supreme Court on Friday ordered an investigation into the deaths of elderly people in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of protective gear for health w...
Dec 18, 2020
Austria to go into third lockdown after Christmas, media report
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria will go into a third coronavirus lockdown after Christmas that will last until Jan. 18, several Austrian media outlets including national news agency APA reported on Friday....
Dec 18, 2020
Supporters of hardline Indonesian cleric clash with police in Jakarta
By Heru Asprihanto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Supporters of firebrand Indonesian cleric Rizieq Shihab clashed with police during a demonstration in Jakarta on Friday, after demanding their spiritual figurehe...
Dec 18, 2020
GoDaddy's new CEO on leadership now: 'Change is a tiger'
By Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan NEW YORK (Reuters) - GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani often returns to a question his parents asked him as a child - one that is especially applicable now. "'How do you ride a tiger?'" a...
Dec 18, 2020
CD Projekt not in talks with Microsoft about Cyberpunk 2077 withdrawal
WARSAW/GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Poland's CD Projekt is not in talks with Xbox producer Microsoft about a possible withdrawal from sale of a console version of Cyberpunk 2077, the company's chief exe...
Dec 18, 2020
Zoom's Christmas gift: no cap on call lengths over the holidays
LONDON (Reuters) - Friends and families kept apart by COVID this Christmas and New Year will not find their virtual gatherings over Zoom cut short by the usual 40-minute limit for free subscribers. Zo...
Dec 18, 2020
Switzerland and Britain to sign memorandum of understanding on migration
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government on Friday approved a memorandum of understanding with Britain to strengthen the two country's cooperation on migration as Britain quits the European union, it s...
Dec 18, 2020
Turkey has evacuated seven Syrian military posts - source
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has evacuated seven military observation posts in northwest Syria, pulling back troops from territory controlled by the Syrian government to areas held by insurgents and Turk...
Dec 18, 2020
