Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Timeline: Wuhan, one year after coronavirus lockdown
(Reuters) - China locked down the central city of Wuhan a year ago at the start of the Lunar New Year, the country's biggest holiday, as it battled to contain the spread of a novel coronavirus. Follow...
Jan 17, 2021
Venezuela dispatches oxygen for Brazil's Amazonas, reeling from COVID-19
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that a convoy of trucks carrying emergency oxygen supplies for Brazil's northern Amazonas state, where a second wave of the coron...
Jan 17, 2021
Australia unlikely to fully reopen borders in 2021 as virus cases slide
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia may not fully reopen its international borders this year even if most of the population is vaccinated against coronavirus, the head of its health departmen...
Jan 17, 2021
Asia shares step back, await China economic update
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets retreated from highs on Monday as disappointing news on U.S. consumer spending tempered risk sentiment ahead of a closely-watched reading on the he...
Jan 17, 2021
Four more Australian Open participants infected with COVID-19
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Four more Australian Open participants, including one player, have been recorded with COVID-19 infections and more cases may come to light as testing continues, officials said on...
Jan 17, 2021
UK vacancies for remote workers triple in a year: consultancy
LONDON (Reuters) - Demand for remote workers in Britain tripled over the course of 2020 as businesses grew more willing to let staff work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, figures from a recr...
Jan 17, 2021
Biden to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on first day in office: CBC
(Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office, CBC News reported on Sunday, citing sources. A briefin...
Jan 17, 2021
After losing Mahomes, Chiefs and Henne hold off Browns 22-17
By: Dave Skretta KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs had lost Patrick Mahomes to a concussion and were in danger of losing the game. Then their defense and Chad Henne - their defense and Chad He...
Jan 17, 2021
IOC expects only 6,000 athletes at Olympic opening ceremony: Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) expects only 6,000 athletes to participate in the opening ceremony at the Tokyo Summer Games, more than half of initial estimates, as organi...
Jan 17, 2021
Nebraska men’s basketball season on hold because of virus, game with Minnesota postponed
Nebraska men's basketball program will pause for at least seven more days after coach Fred Hoiberg and 11 other staffers or players tested positive for COVID-19. The Cornhuskers' home game against Min...
Jan 17, 2021
