Author Archives: Syndicated Content

By John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A global team of scientists led by the World Health Organisation to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus will spend around a month in the Chinese city ...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Startup Lordstown Motors Corp said Wednesday it is in advanced talks with the U.S. Energy Department seeking a government loan from a program to help pay for...

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday tougher restrictions brought in last week were starting to have an effect on the spread of COVID in some parts of the country,...

By Claudia Cristoferi and Sabine Siebold ROME/BERLIN (Reuters) - Governments across Europe announced tighter and longer coronavirus lockdowns on Wednesday over fears about a fast-spreading variant fir...

LONDON (Reuters) - Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England said on Wednesday he was confident the Tokyo Olympics would go ahead this year even if they would be a different Games due to the COVID-19 pande...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian officials on Wednesday to open up Russia's vaccination programme against the coronavirus to more people and to begin mass inoculations start...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - An Ethiopian military aircraft crossed the Sudanese-Ethiopian border in a "dangerous and unjustified escalation", Sudan's foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The incident "could h...

By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were flat on Wednesday as investors digested a recent rally to record highs on bets of a snap-back in economic activity fueled by more fiscal stimul...

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Wednesday said it was putting $60 million into a fresh round of projects aimed at challenging systemic racism, including its first foray into venture capital...

By Imani Moise, Anirban Sen and Anna Irrera (Reuters) - Digital banks including Chime, Varo and Current have won over more U.S. customers during the coronavirus pandemic by processing stimulus payment...