Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK minister hopes teachers will be prioritized for vaccines
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's education minister Gavin Williamson said on Thursday he hoped that teachers would be "up the list" for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine when the first wave of vaccinations is ...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
UK refuses to grant EU diplomats full status, sparking row: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is refusing to give full diplomatic status to the European Union's ambassador in London, causing a row between the recently divorced parties, the BBC reported on Thursday. B...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
Lawmaker wife of former Japanese justice minister found guilty of vote-buying
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese court found on Thursday the lawmaker wife of a former justice minister guilty of vote-buying. Anri Kawai and her husband, Katsuyuki Kawai, were arrested last year on charg...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
‘Metallica’ producer Bob Rock sells rights to over 40 songs
(Reuters) - Record producer Bob Rock has sold his producer rights for a catalogue of 43 songs, including heavy metal band Metallica's self-titled album and singer Michael Bubl's "Call Me Irresponsible...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
Thai opposition figure says government aims to silence him on vaccine
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - A banned Thai opposition politician, who is facing a criminal complaint of defaming the monarchy, defended on Thursday his criticism of the government's ...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
Sweden extends distance learning for high schools
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden extended distance learning for high school students and told public employees to continue to work from home, renewing measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus pande...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
Google and French publishers sign agreement over copyrights
PARIS (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google and French publishers said on Thursday they had concluded an agreement over copyrights, the first in Europe under which the U.S. tech giant will sign a general fram...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
Russian women in the driver’s seat as ban on some professions lifted
By Anastasia Adasheva MOSCOW (Reuters) - Muscovite Sofia Dorofeyeva had always been drawn to the trains travelling across the vast expanses of her native Russia but until this year she and her female ...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
Brazilian umpire hospitalized after heart attack in Melbourne
(Reuters) - Tennis umpire Carlos Bernardes has been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack while in quarantine in Melbourne ahead of next month's Australian Open, local media reported on Thursday...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
English lockdown is helping to relieve pressure on health system, education minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - England's lockdown is having some impact in reducing pressure on the National Health Service, education minister Gavin Williamson said, the day after Britain recorded another record...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021





