Author Archives: Syndicated Content
English COVID-19 contacts traced still near record lows as weekly cases rise 8%
LONDON (Reuters) - Positive COVID-19 cases in England rose 8% on the previous week, the same weekly rate of increase as before, the country's test and trace scheme said on Thursday, with the proportio...
Nov 12, 2020
Waste not, want not: Dutch students build electric car from recycled material
EINDHOVEN (Reuters) - Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled PET bottles and household garbage. The...
Nov 12, 2020
Iran's coronavirus death toll exceeds 40,000: health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the coronavirus rose by 457 to 40,121 on Thursday, the highest in the Middle East, with the total number of identified cases reaching 726,585, health ministry ...
Nov 12, 2020
Spanish mountaineer, 81, trains for Himalayas in tribute to victims of COVID-19
By Elena Rodriguez and Juan Antonio Dominguez MORALZARZAL, Spain (Reuters) - At 81 years old Spanish mountaineer Carlos Soria is training to tackle one of the world's highest peaks, a challenge he wil...
Nov 12, 2020
Going for a song? Eric Clapton's yacht up for auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British rocker Eric Clapton is unloading his luxury yacht, offering it up for auction at a sale of Hollywood memorabilia. The 47.5 meter long (156 foot) Va Bene yacht, which th...
Nov 12, 2020
Biden's Treasury pick may be key to climate, jobs, and equality agenda
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incoming U.S. Treasury secretaries have been confronted over the past two decades with the financial rescue of other countries, the bailout of the U.S. banki...
Nov 12, 2020
Elvis ring, Woodstock tapes grab spotlight at Hollywood auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A gold and diamond "TCB" ring worn by Elvis Presley is expected to fetch more than $500,000 at a memorabilia auction in Los Angeles that ranges from rock guitars to a set of ma...
Nov 12, 2020
Croatia reports over 3,000 new daily cases of COVID-19, highest yet
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia on Thursday reported 3,082 new cases of COVID-19, the highest daily number since the global pandemic hit the country nine months ago, though Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic ...
Nov 12, 2020
CureVac says in talks with potential vaccine development partners
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - CureVac is still in discussions with pharma majors to find a potential partner for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, the German biotech firm's chief executive said on Thursday. ...
Nov 12, 2020
UK says China has breached Hong Kong treaty by quashing opposition
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday said China had broken a major bilateral treaty on Hong Kong by imposing new rules to disqualify elected legislators in the former British co...
Nov 12, 2020
