Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer: Can anything stop Trump from pardoning his family or even himself?
By Jan Wolfe President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted pardons to his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former adviser Roger Stone, sweeping away the most important convictions from U.S. Sp...
Dec 24, 2020
More than 600,000 people in UK get first Pfizer COVID vaccine dose
(Reuters) - More than 600,000 people in the United Kingdom have received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the government said on Thursday. "The government has today published fi...
Dec 24, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. began work to set up consulate in Western Sahara
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it began the process to set up a U.S. consulate in Western Sahara, after President Donald Trump's administration this month recognized...
Dec 24, 2020
Brazil coronavirus death toll approaches 190,000 - health ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil on Thursday registered 58,428 additional cases of the new coronavirus and 762 related deaths in the prior 24 hours, according to data from the country's health ministry. Th...
Dec 24, 2020
Tunisia adds Denmark to air travel ban list
CAIRO (Reuters) - Tunisia has banned all air travel with Denmark amid fears of a new coronavirus variant, the state news agency reported, citing the transport ministry. The ban is effective until furt...
Dec 24, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 325,096 total deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 325,096 deaths from the new coronavirus, an increase of 3,362 from its previous count. The agency said the nu...
Dec 24, 2020
France recorded 21,634 new COVID-19 cases and 292 more deaths in last 24 hours
PARIS (Reuters) - France recorded a further 21,634 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases and 292 more deaths in hospitals from the virus in the last 24 hours, according to data from the health ministry. Franc...
Dec 24, 2020
Analysis: Brexit trade deal sparks relief but UK market will bear scars
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's trade agreement with the European Union removes a 4-1/2-year old fear of crashing out of the bloc without trading arrangements in place, but it will take U...
Dec 24, 2020
Nearly 2.1 million have voted early in U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia
By Brad Heath WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 2.1 million people have cast ballots in a U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia that will determine whether Democrats control both chambers of Congress and...
Dec 24, 2020
Fauci says herd immunity could require nearly 90% to get coronavirus vaccine
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Herd immunity against the novel coronavirus could require vaccination rates approaching as high as 90%, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most prominent U.S. infectious disease expe...
Dec 24, 2020
