Author Archives: Syndicated Content
MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league
NEW YORK - Willie Mays will add some hits to his record, Monte Irvin's big league batting average should climb over .300 and Satchel Paige may add nearly 150 victories to his total. Josh Gibson, the g...
Dec 16, 2020
Spain worries about Christmas as cases rise again
MADRID (Reuters) - Health authorities in Spain are worried about an uptick in coronavirus cases following a string of recent bank holidays and the relaxing of measures by some regions, health minister...
Dec 16, 2020
France reports biggest daily jump in COVID-19 cases since Nov. 21
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 17,615 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, sharply up from the 11,532 on Tuesday and 14,595 a week ago. The increase was the highest since Nov. 21, a...
Dec 16, 2020
Nikola eyes power-supply deal to produce hydrogen in Arizona
(Reuters) - Nikola Corp said it was working on a contract to buy electricity at a lower price in Arizona for producing hydrogen to power its fuel cell vehicles. The electric and hydrogen fuel cell veh...
Dec 16, 2020
MSCI says investors do not expect Biden to change China share restrictions quickly
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - Investors don't expect the new administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to act quickly to change new rules that bar investment in some Chinese companies, an e...
Dec 16, 2020
Texas attorney general says will sue Google
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will file a multistate lawsuit against Alphabet Inc-owned Google, he said on his Facebook page on Wednesday. Paxton had joined the U.S. Justice...
Dec 16, 2020
Fed extends pandemic-related dollar 'swap' lines for 9 other central banks
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will keep dollar "swap" lines open for nine mid-sized foreign central banks until Sept. 30, 2021, extending a program established early i...
Dec 16, 2020
France to receive first Pfizer/Biontech COVID vaccines by December 30: PM
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex told parliament on Wednesday that he expects that France will receive the first 1,160,000 doses of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine against COVID-19 by D...
Dec 16, 2020
Nigeria expects to get its first COVID-19 vaccine doses in January
By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria expects to receive its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in January, the country's health minister said on Wednesday, but officials do not yet know which one t...
Dec 16, 2020
Sudan says officers ambushed by Ethiopian 'forces and militias' during patrol
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's armed forces said on Wednesday that a number of its officers had been ambushed by "Ethiopian forces and militias" during a security patrol of the border region. "During th...
Dec 16, 2020
