Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine shots leave warehouses, widening U.S. push to immunize
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Trucks and planes loaded with doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine are expected on Sunday to leave warehouses en route for healthcare facilities around the United Stat...
Dec 20, 2020
Vive la difference: COVID rules divide adjacent French, Swiss ski resorts
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse CHATEL, France/LES CROSETS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Like other French ski resorts, the Alpine town of Chatel has been forced to close its lifts over the Christm...
Dec 20, 2020
EU must shift to open way for Brexit trade deal, says UK minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Matt Hancock repeated Britain's calls for the European Union to shift its position on Sunday and withdraw its "unreasonable demands" for the two sides to be ...
Dec 20, 2020
Facebook removes anti-vaccine 'fake news' in Israel, government says
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Facebook has taken down content that spread lies in Israel against coronavirus vaccinations as the government seeks to drum up support for the programme, the Just...
Dec 20, 2020
Packers outlast Panthers 24-16 for 4th straight victory
By Steve Megargee GREEN BAY, Wis. - A fast start helped the Green Bay Packers overcome a shaky second-half performance and remain on pace to earn the top seed in the NFC playoffs. Aaron Jones r...
Dec 20, 2020
UK health minister suggests tougher COVID-19 measures may last for some time
LONDON (Reuters) - British health minister Matt Hancock suggested on Sunday that new tighter restrictions in London and southeast England could stay in place for some time, saying a new variant of the...
Dec 20, 2020
Graphic: A (markets) journal of the plague year
By Marc Jones and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - Last December the first infection with the new coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization. Twelve months later, as the charts below ...
Dec 20, 2020
'You will die in the forest' - Nigerian schoolboys describe kidnap ordeal
By Seun Sanni and Ismail Abba KANKARA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Annas Shuaibu says he awoke to the sound of gunshots fired by men who burst into his boarding school in northwest Nigeria in a nighttime raid...
Dec 20, 2020
Nine dead as Kabul car bombing targets Afghan lawmaker
KABUL (Reuters) - A car bombing in Kabul targeting an Afghan lawmaker killed at least nine people, officials said. Lawmaker Khan Mohammad Wardak survived the blast but is among 20 injured including wo...
Dec 20, 2020
Two more suspects linked to Vienna attack arrested: prosecutors
ZURICH (Reuters) - An Austrian of Afghan descent whose genetic material was allegedly found on the weapon that a jihadist used to kill four people in Vienna last month has been arrested, prosecutors s...
Dec 20, 2020
