Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colts punter Sanchez to return after surgery on cancerous tumour
(Reuters) - Indianapolis Colts punter Rigoberto Sanchez is set to feature in Sunday's game against the Houston Texans, less than three weeks after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. The 2...
Dec 19, 2020
Fire in hospital kills eight people in southeast Turkey: governor
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A fire in a private hospital's COVID-19 intensive care unit killed eight people, the governor's office in the southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep said on Saturday. The fire...
Dec 19, 2020
Top 25 roundup: No. 8 West Virginia survives Iowa State
Taz Sherman made two free throws with 18.3 seconds left after he forced a turnover on defense, and No. 8 West Virginia survived visiting Iowa State's upset bid with a 70-65 victory Friday night in Mor...
Dec 19, 2020
Ginza shoppers clean hands, phones with high-tech wash stations
By Chris Gallagher and Hideto Sakai TOKYO (Reuters) - Shoppers washed their hands and sterilised their smartphones in the streets of Tokyo's posh Ginza district on Saturday using handwashing stations ...
Dec 19, 2020
China signals GM, biotech push in key policy statement
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China will industrialise biotech breeding as part of a campaign to improve food security, top leaders said in a policy statement late on Friday, signalling Beijing could s...
Dec 19, 2020
Congress works through the weekend to finalize COVID aid package
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington were working through the weekend to complete a $900 billion coronavirus aid bill for American individuals and ...
Dec 18, 2020
China to vaccinate 'key groups' over winter, spring: official
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will focus first on vaccinating high-risk groups over the winter and spring before widening the inoculation to the general public, a senior health official said on Saturday. ...
Dec 18, 2020
McKennie named U.S. male player of the year
United States Men's National Team midfielder Weston McKennie capped a reaffirming 2020 on Friday, when he was named male player of the year by the United States Soccer Federation. In August, the 22-ye...
Dec 18, 2020
India passes grim milestone of 10 million coronavirus infections
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's coronavirus tally breached the 10 million mark on Saturday, the world's second highest, even though the number of new daily cases has fallen sharply since a mid-September...
Dec 18, 2020
Smuggled orangutans start new life after repatriation to Indonesia
By Yudi Saputra JAMBI (Reuters) - A pair of critically endangered orangutans, rescued from smugglers on the Thai-Malaysian border in 2017, have arrived in Indonesia to undergo rehabilitation so they c...
Dec 18, 2020
