Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NBA roundup: Heat slip past Lakers in Finals rematch
Kendrick Nunn scored 27 points and Jimmy Butler had 24 points and eight rebounds, leading the Miami Heat to a 96-94 victory over the host Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday in a rematch of last season's N...
Feb 21, 2021
UK's Sunak to raise business tax to pay for COVID-19 support: The Sunday Times
(Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak is set to increase a tax on business to pay for an extension to COVID-19 support schemes in the budget next month, The Sunday Times reported https://bi...
Feb 21, 2021
Fujifilm to restart clinical trial of Avigan to treat COVID-19: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Fujifilm Holdings Corp will restart a clinical trial in Japan of its antiviral drug Avigan for the treatment of COVID-19, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday. Domestic approval o...
Feb 21, 2021
Malaysia to start COVID-19 vaccination drive early as first doses arrive
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia moved up its COVID-19 inoculation drive by two days as the first batch of vaccines arrived in the Southeast Asian nation on Sunday. Malaysia aims to vaccinate at leas...
Feb 20, 2021
Israel starts reopening as number of COVID vaccinees nears 50%
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel reopened swathes of its economy on Sunday in what it called the start of a return to routine enabled by a COVID-19 vaccination drive that has reached almost half the popul...
Feb 20, 2021
NDSU survives late comeback from SDSU in Summit League men’s basketball
FARGO – Dave Richman summed up Saturday’s 84-82 win for North Dakota State over South Dakota State perfectly in the post-game press conference. “That’s a great win for us, noti...
Feb 20, 2021
Biden's attorney general nominee Garland vows to prioritize civil rights
By Jan Wolfe and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's attorney general nominee Merrick Garland will tell the Senate on Monday he plans to prioritize civil rights and combat domestic terror...
Feb 20, 2021
Former Bank of England Governor Carney joins board of digital payments company Stripe
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Mark Carney, former head of the UK and Canadian central banks, has joined the board of U.S. digital payments company Stripe Inc, days after the company was reported to be...
Feb 20, 2021
Australia won't advertise COVID-19 vaccine on Facebook but vows publicity
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government pledged a publicity campaign for its rollout of COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday - but not in Facebook advertisements, as a feud continues over the so...
Feb 20, 2021
Myanmar police arrest actor after two killed in protests
(Reuters) - Myanmar police arrested a famous actor wanted for supporting opposition to a Feb. 1 coup, his wife said on Sunday, hours after two people were killed when police and soldiers fired at prot...
Feb 20, 2021
