Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK still in COVID-19 peril so too early to talk about lifting lockdown, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 death toll and the level of hospital admissions means it is far too early to speculate about when the lockdown may be lifted or eased, one of Prime Minister Boris Johns...
Syndicated Content Jan 20, 2021
Explainer: COVID-19 vaccine shots add to confusion over China’s tests for travelers
BEIJING (Reuters) - A coronavirus antibody test that China has made mandatory for arriving travelers has provoked concerns over its effectiveness after one of a team of international health experts wa...
Syndicated Content Jan 20, 2021
MediaTek taps TSMC 6-nanometer tech for new flagship 5G phone chips
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - MediaTek Inc on Wednesday said it would use Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's 6-nanometer chipmaking technology for its newest chips aimed at premium 5G smartphones...
Syndicated Content Jan 20, 2021
Iran’s Rouhani says ‘ball in U.S. court’ over nuclear dispute
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday to return to a 2015 nuclear deal and lift crippling sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Biden, who t...
Syndicated Content Jan 20, 2021
Foreign visitors to Japan at 22-year low in 2020 on coronavirus curbs
TOKYO (Reuters) - The number of foreign visitors to Japan plunged 87% in 2020 to a 22-year low as the country mostly closed its borders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan National Tourism Org...
Syndicated Content Jan 20, 2021
UK inflation up on travel costs in December lockdown reprieve
LONDON (Reuters) - British inflation gathered speed in December as a temporary easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions helped to push up air and sea fares and a rise in global oil prices made fuel more...
Syndicated Content Jan 20, 2021
Exclusive: COVID-19 shots to cost $3 to $10 under African Union vaccine plan
By David Lewis and Alexander Winning NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the Afri...
Syndicated Content Jan 20, 2021
McIlroy hoping for ‘close to normal’ Ryder Cup
(Reuters) - Rory McIlroy said he is hopeful that a near-capacity crowd will be able to attend the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin in September. McIlroy said organizers had made the right c...
Syndicated Content Jan 20, 2021
Trump pardons former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had given a full pardon to a former Google engineer sentenced for stealing a trade secret on self-driving cars months before he ...
Syndicated Content Jan 20, 2021
Trump’s parting gifts to Biden: Roaring stocks, a weaker dollar, tons of debt
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - When he assumes office on Wednesday, President-elect Joe Biden will inherit a stock market near all-time highs, along with a gaping budget deficit, a weakenin...
Syndicated Content Jan 20, 2021





