Author Archives: Syndicated Content
AP Top 25 Reality Check: Coastal Carolina cracks top-10
By: Ralph D. Russo The Sun Belt's breakout season just keeps getting better. Coastal Carolina cracked the top-10 in the latest Associated Press poll Sunday, setting a new standard for a conference tha...
Dec 14, 2020
On Football: No excuse for being unready for December games
By: Barry Wilner "We were flat." Whenever you hear that phrase from NFL players or coaches during the stretch run, the proper reaction is to shake your head. There's no excuse for not being ready at t...
Dec 14, 2020
China plans set up of new disease control agency in COVID-19 aftermath -Caixin
(Reuters) - China is considering setting up a new disease control agency as part of its public health reforms following the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, Caixin reported on Monday. The government body wil...
Dec 14, 2020
Pressure mounts on EU drug regulator to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's drug regulator is under increasing pressure to quickly approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. giant Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech, official...
Dec 14, 2020
Iran's missile programme is non-negotiable, says Rouhani
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Tehran's missile programme was non-negotiable and that U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden is "well aware of it". Biden appears to see...
Dec 14, 2020
Trial of azithromycin in severe COVID-19 patients finds no benefit
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A clinical trial of the widely-used antibiotic azithromycin in COVID-19 patients in hospital has found no convincing evidence of benefit, prompting doctors to announ...
Dec 14, 2020
AstraZeneca UK vaccine trial drops sub-group with children - U.S. trial register
(Reuters) - Drugmaker AstraZeneca has removed a study group comprising children from a trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Britain, clinical trial registers in the United States showed on Monda...
Dec 14, 2020
Swiss to investigate adoption system after scandal over Sri Lankan children
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland said it will review possibly illegal adoptions of foreign children, three years after a scandal flared over allegations that some Sri Lankan child adoptees may have been...
Dec 14, 2020
UK hopeful for EU trade deal, gaps still remain, says PM's spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain continues to be hopeful that it can secure a trade agreement with the European Union but there are still gaps on key issues, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson sai...
Dec 14, 2020
Phillips 66 lowers 2021 spending budget after pandemic hit
(Reuters) - U.S. oil refiner Phillips 66 on Monday set its 2021 capital budget at $1.7 billion, around 43% lower than forecast for the previous year, as the energy industry struggles to recover from t...
Dec 14, 2020
