Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Portugal's COVID-19 deaths hit new record for second consecutive day
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's daily death toll from the coronavirus reached a record high of 218 on Tuesday, up from 167 reported a day before, bringing the total to 9,246 deaths since the start of th...
Jan 19, 2021
EU calls on Biden to take global leadership on COVID-19
By Robin Emmott and John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The world needs American leadership in the battle against COVID-19, the EU's top diplomat said, urging President-elect Joe Biden to step up after...
Jan 19, 2021
ViacomCBS to launch streaming service Paramount+ in March
(Reuters) - Media company ViacomCBS Inc said on Tuesday it will launch its streaming service, Paramount+, in the United States on March 4. The company said Paramount+, previously CBS All Access, will ...
Jan 19, 2021
Brussels recommends vaccinating at least 70% of EU adults by summer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission recommended on Tuesday to vaccinate against COVID-19 at least 70% of the European Union's adult population by this summer, in an attempt to curb the corona...
Jan 19, 2021
Belarusian opposition celebrates Lukashenko losing major hockey tournament
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian athletes and opposition supporters on Tuesday welcomed a decision to strip Belarus of this year's ice hockey world championship, a prestigious...
Jan 19, 2021
Under government pressure, big U.S. lenders rush to launch more pandemic loans-sources
By Koh Gui Qing, Michelle Price and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is pressuring large lenders to go live this week with another round of a key federal pandemic loan program...
Jan 19, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Merck appeal in hepatitis C patent fight with Gilead
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Merck & Co Inc's bid to revive a $2.54 billion jury verdict it won against rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc for infringing a p...
Jan 19, 2021
India urges frontline workers not to refuse vaccines as targets missed
By Krishna N. Das and Jatindra Dash NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - India appealed to frontline workers on Tuesday not to refuse vaccines for COVID-19, after almost all states failed to meet ...
Jan 19, 2021
Factional risks hover as Libya's U.N. peace process advances
TUNIS (Reuters) - Libyans working under a U.N. peace process on Tuesday agreed a mechanism to choose a new temporary government to oversee the run-up to elections late this year, in the hope that it c...
Jan 19, 2021
Body of American mountaineer found near K2 in northern Pakistan
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's military located the body of American mountaineer Alex Goldfarb-Rumyantzev on Monday in the Karakoram mountains in northern Pakistan, the second death o...
Jan 19, 2021
