Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan awarded more than 100 contracts over 10 years to Dentsu-linked non-profit groups
By Ju-min Park, Sakura Murakami, Mari Saito and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government has awarded more than 100 contracts over the last decade to two non-profit groups set up by ...
Dec 30, 2020
Case of highly infectious UK variant of coronavirus identified in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The highly infectious coronavirus variant originally discovered in Britain has been detected in California, California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday, a day after the ...
Dec 30, 2020
Bills to host playoff game with limited fans in stands
The Buffalo Bills will be allowed to have nearly 7,000 fans in the stands when they host their first playoff game in 24 years, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. They will be the first sp...
Dec 30, 2020
Egyptian prosecution wants accusations against police excluded from Regeni case
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecution told investigators on Wednesday to exclude Italian prosecutors' accusations against four Egyptian policemen from case documents on the 2016 killing of an I...
Dec 30, 2020
Bolsonaro to sign decree raising Brazil minimum wage by 5%
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that he would sign a decree later on Wednesday raising the national minimum wage by 5.26% to 1,100 reais ($211.80) per month beginning on J...
Dec 30, 2020
Mexican president makes show of popularity against world leaders
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday showed off his popularity in comparison to other world leaders, saying the media did not want the public to know how ...
Dec 30, 2020
Sizzling hot: Solar stocks set to end pandemic year at record highs
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - Solar stocks dazzled in 2020 and looked set to wrap up a year ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic with triple-digit gains amid a shift in focus to 'clean energy' as the outbrea...
Dec 30, 2020
Brazil reports 55,649 new coronavirus cases, 1,194 additional deaths
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 55,649 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 1,194 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Braz...
Dec 30, 2020
Querrey given suspended $20,000 fine for quarantine breach
(Reuters) - American Sam Querrey was handed a suspended $20,000 fine by the ATP for breaching COVID-19 protocols at the St Petersburg Open in October, the governing body for men's tennis said on Wedne...
Dec 30, 2020
Over 12.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 2.5 million administered: U.S. CDC
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 2,589,125 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 12,409,050 do...
Dec 30, 2020
