Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France reports 5,797 new daily COVID-19 cases
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported on Monday 5,797 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the country's total number of infections resulting from the new coronavirus to 2,479,151. T...
Dec 21, 2020
UK coronavirus variant may be more able to infect children - scientists
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A new variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly in Britain carries mutations that could mean children are as susceptible to becoming infected with it as adults - ...
Dec 21, 2020
Afghan journalist killed in central Ghazni province
KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan journalist was shot dead by unknown assailants in Afghanistan's central Ghazni province on Monday, the fourth to be killed in the war-torn nation in last two months. Rahmat...
Dec 21, 2020
UK has given COVID shots to 500,000, Johnson says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that over half a million people had received the COVID-19 vaccine in the country. "Today I can announce that half a million peopl...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. Treasury confirms SolarWinds hack as more officials blame Russia
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. secretary of the Treasury on Monday publicly confirmed that his department had been breached - more than a week after Reuters first reported the hack....
Dec 21, 2020
Boba Fett to get own 'Star Wars' spinoff TV series
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Boba Fett is joining the "Star Wars" characters who are stepping out from the background and getting their own show. Jon Favreau, creator of Disney's hit TV series "The Mandalo...
Dec 21, 2020
Czech government to discuss tightening COVID-19 restrictions over Christmas
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government will on Wednesday debate whether to tighten measures to curb COVID-19 infections by closing non-essential retail shops or further restricting travel and gatheri...
Dec 21, 2020
WHO sees limited rollout of Pfizer vaccine by end-January
GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization expects to give emergency use approval for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech this month, with a limited r...
Dec 21, 2020
UK PM Johnson says on Brexit: still problems, we'll thrive without a deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that there were still problems in Brexit trade talks and that Britain would thrive without a deal. Johnson said he spoke to French Presid...
Dec 21, 2020
Fifty million people in U.S. to have first COVID-19 shot by end January - Azar
NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 50 million people in the United States will have had the first of two COVID-19 shots needed for immunization by the end of January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human S...
Dec 21, 2020
