Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Report: Sounders' Lodeiro agrees to three-year extension
Seattle Sounders star midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the club, MLSsoccer.com reported Monday. Lodeiro, 31, had seven goals and 10 assists in 20 matches t...
Dec 14, 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell proposes $28.5 million bail package
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite facing criminal charges she helped procure girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, has renewed her request for bail...
Dec 14, 2020
South Korea reports 880 new coronavirus cases
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 880 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, as the daily numbers continued to hover at unprecedented levels, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) sai...
Dec 14, 2020
U.S. Homeland Security, thousands of businesses scramble after suspected Russian hack
By Jack Stubbs, Raphael Satter and Joseph Menn LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and thousands of businesses scrambled Monday to investigate and respond to a sweepi...
Dec 14, 2020
Argentina exceeds 1.5 million coronavirus cases - Health Ministry
By Jorge Otaola and Juan Bustamente BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina said on Monday that it had now recorded 1.5 million cases of coronavirus, making it the ninth country in the world to reach the m...
Dec 14, 2020
U.S. hedge fund launches activist campaign against LG's planned spin-off
By Joyce Lee and Shradha Singh SEOUL/BENGALURU (Reuters) - U.S.-based hedge fund Whitebox Advisors LLC publicly opposed a spin-off plan by South Korea's LG Corp, saying the plan "sacrifices minority s...
Dec 14, 2020
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine documents accessed in EMA cyberattack
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Monday it was informed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) certain documents related to pre-submission talks of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate were unlawfully access...
Dec 14, 2020
COVID-19 prevalence rose in London even as lockdown cut English cases, study finds
LONDON (Reuters) - COVID-19 cases rose in London during the last weeks of a national lockdown even as prevalence in England as a whole fell, a study said on Tuesday, adding that a planned relaxation o...
Dec 14, 2020
Facebook, Twitter face British fines if fail on harmful content
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook, Twitter and TikTok face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they fail to remove and limit the spread of illegal content under laws proposed by Britain on Tuesday. Tech platf...
Dec 14, 2020
Asian stocks dip as investors curb vaccine enthusiasm
By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks came under pressure on Tuesday following a mixed Wall Street session, as concerns about increasing COVID-19 deaths, infections and lockdowns overshadow...
Dec 14, 2020
