Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. CDC reports 400,306 deaths from the coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 24,135,690 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 153,106 from its previous count, and said the number...
Jan 20, 2021
Asian stocks set for strong start after day of gains on Wall Street
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian markets were set to rise on Thursday after U.S. stocks closed at record highs on hopes that newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden would put in place...
Jan 20, 2021
U.N. aid coordinator halts Venezuela cash transfer programs, sources say
CARACAS (Reuters) - The United Nations Office for Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs has halted programs in Venezuela that provide cash transfers to the poor via local nonprofit organizations, acco...
Jan 20, 2021
Conflicting COVID-19 results for Roche arthritis drug show more trials needed
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Larger trials are needed to assess whether Roche's arthritis drug tocilizumab can cut death rates among the sickest COVID-19 patients, scientists said on Wednesday, ...
Jan 20, 2021
Prosecutors accuse Bermuda's ex-premier Brown of graft, pocketing millions
HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Bermuda charged former Premier Ewart Brown with participating in a wide-ranging corruption scheme on Wednesday, accusing the ex-leader of pocketing million...
Jan 20, 2021
Massive iceberg continues losing mass as it swirls around South Georgia island
By Cassandra Garrison (Reuters) - A massive Antarctic iceberg that last month threatened a penguin-populated island off the southern tip of South America has since lost much of its mass and broken int...
Jan 20, 2021
IndiGo tightens grip in India and targets growth abroad
By Aditi Shah and Jamie Freed NEW DELHI/SYDNEY (Reuters) - India's IndiGo has emerged as one of the world's biggest airlines by capacity, aided by a swift recovery in the domestic aviation market to n...
Jan 20, 2021
Republicans call for Senate review before U.S. re-enters Paris climate deal
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Republican senators on Wednesday called on newly sworn-in President Joe Biden to submit his plan to re-engage the United States in the Paris clim...
Jan 20, 2021
'No plan, no Q, nothing': QAnon followers reel as Biden inaugurated
By Joseph Menn, Elizabeth Culliford, Katie Paul and Carrie Monahan SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - For three years, adherents of the sprawling QAnon conspiracy theory awaited a so-called Great Awak...
Jan 20, 2021
World Bank, IMF agree to hold April meetings online due to COVID-19 risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have agreed to hold their spring meetings, planned for April 5-11, online instead of in person due to continued concerns about...
Jan 20, 2021
