Новости за 08.12.2021

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will join its allies in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to send China a message over its human rights record, Prime Minister

(Reuters) - Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be the 30th time in Formula One history that the title has been decided at the last race, with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen

LONDON (Reuters) - Fans in England will need to show proof of double vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test to attend top-level sport after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed

TORONTO (Reuters) - Damian Warner, who won decathlon gold at this year's Tokyo Olympics, was voted Canada's athlete of the year on Wednesday.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Champions League holders Chelsea finished as Group H runners-up after conceding a stoppage-time equaliser in a pulsating 3-3 draw at Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday.

TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Juventus progressed to the Champions League knockout stages as group winners after their comfortable 1-0 victory over Malmo on Wednesday, coupled with Chelsea's draw at Zenit

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.

By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG's Americas chief sees the global chip shortage lasting into the third quarter of next year, but believes the auto industry will maintain the discipline

By Aaron Saldanha and Matt Scuffham (Reuters) -Jefferies Financial Group on Wednesday cancelled all client parties and most travel, asking employees to work from home when possible due to a spate of

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday paused the enforcement of an injunction against Apple Inc that could have forced it to allow links and buttons to outside payment methods outside its App

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines will testify on Dec. 15 at an oversight hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, a

By Ludwig Burger and Michael Erman (Reuters) -BioNTech and Pfizer said on Wednesday a three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine was able to neutralise the new Omicron variant in a laboratory test,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended food distribution in Ethiopia's Kombolcha and Dessie towns after looting of supplies that staff were unable to stop due to

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Two Finnish ministers, including Prime Minister Sanna Marin, shrugged off recommendations over the weekend to avoid close contacts with other people after being exposed to COVID-

The World Health Organization announced its hesitancy to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The organization's European director, Dr. Hans Kluge, made the WHO's stance known on a recent video presser. Dr. Kluge said such a sweeping move should only be used as a last resort.

Republican Sen. Roy Blunt (Mo.) cautions the harmful impact Joe Biden's vaccine mandate could have on U.S. employers.

Moderate Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) has refused to cave to political pressure from progressives.

Senate Republicans warn the nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better Act would be harmful for the economy.

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -Governments need to reassess national responses to COVID-19 and speed up vaccination programmes to tackle Omicron, though it is it too early to say how well

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Losses from crypto-related investments should not be eligible for compensation schemes given that the sector can help spread serious crime, Britain's Financial Conduct

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it welcomed governments' support for their national Olympic teams for the Beijing 2022 winter Olympics despite

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will launch an initiative on Wednesday to award grants to innovators working on technology to bolster democracy by developing tools that enhance privacy or

By Reuters Staff (Reuters) - Many countries are rolling out COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, but there is no consensus among scientists that they are necessary and the World Health Organization wants

(Reuters) - Sculptures of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor - two of the Black Americans killed at the hands of police in 2020 - are to be auctioned to aid the non-profit groups set up by their families

WARSAW (Reuters) - A four-year-old Iraqi migrant girl went missing in an icy forest after being separated from her parents in a scuffle with Polish border guards, humanitarian groups said as they