Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'The final blow' - Beirut blast batters struggling hospitals
By Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - The St. George Hospital where Soha Khalaf works as a nurse lies less than a mile from Beirut port. She had no time to recover from the enormous explosion that blast...
Aug 12, 2020
From one hotspot to another: Twin ER doctors on COVID-19 front lines in New York, Miami
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - At the height of the coronavirus pandemic in New York City in April, physician Michael D'Urso was scrambling to care for the seemingly ever-increasing number of p...
Aug 12, 2020
'One of our own.' Indians cheer Biden's pick of Kamala Harris as White House running mate
By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI (Reuters) - On annual trips to India as a child, Kamala Harris would go for strolls on the humid beaches of Chennai with her maternal grandfather and his friends, listeni...
Aug 12, 2020
NCAA college football cancellations could send networks, advertisers scrambling into 2021
By Sheila Dang and Amy Tennery (Reuters) - The cancellation of the fall college football season due to the coronavirus pandemic could send networks, athletic conferences and advertisers scrambling to ...
Aug 12, 2020
Moderna shares jump on $1.5 billion U.S. contract for COVID-19 vaccine
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) - Shares of Moderna Inc rose more than 5% on Wednesday after analysts said a $1.5 billion coronavirus vaccine supply agreement with the U.S. government could lead to similar ...
Aug 12, 2020
Tencent says U.S. executive order only affects WeChat, not its other businesses
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent's chief financial officer said on Wednesday that the firm understood that the U.S. executive order was focused on its WeChat app in the United States and not on ...
Aug 12, 2020
President says coronavirus losing force in Mexico, despite high cases
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic is losing force in Mexico, even as 6,686 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 926 ...
Aug 12, 2020
U.S. consumer prices accelerate in July; inflation remains under control
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased more than expected in July, with a measure of underlying inflation rising by the most in 29-1/2 years as the costs of goods and ...
Aug 12, 2020
Iran says U.S. arms embargo push at U.N. will fail - TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. efforts to get the U.N. Security Council to extend an arms embargo on Tehran would fail, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Wednesday, a day after U....
Aug 12, 2020
Mnuchin declines to say if U.S. COVID-19 aid deal can be reached
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that the White House and top Democrats in Congress may not be able to reach a deal on coronavirus aid, in the fifth day ...
Aug 12, 2020
