Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Massachusetts poised to enact police reforms following George Floyd's death
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker plans to sign a police reform bill after lawmakers on Wednesday approved a compromise measure that included concessions on polic...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
Mexican president offers defiance to major opposition alliance
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president responded defiantly on Wednesday to a major opposition alliance that aims to wrest control of the lower house of Congress in legislative elections next year....
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
A record 22 candidates to square off in Peru's April presidential election
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvians will choose their next president from a record 22 candidates vying for the country's top job in the April 2021 election, with a soccer goalkeeper leading the race over an ex...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
Japan to lay out 'green' growth strategy to meet Suga's net-zero emissions goal: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government will lay out on Friday a "green" growth strategy that includes a goal to replace gasoline-powered vehicles with electric cars by around 2035, the Nikkei newspaper ...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
U.S. FDA puts early-stage trial of Altimmune's COVID-19 vaccine on hold
(Reuters) - Altimmune Inc said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had put a clinical hold on its application to begin human testing of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, AdCOVID. The FD...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
Asian-American filmmakers dismayed at Golden Globe rule on 'Minari'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Asian-American filmmakers on Wednesday expressed dismay that South Korean drama "Minari" will compete for honors at next year's Golden Globes in the foreign language category, ...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
Defying Congress, Trump vetoes defense bill and threatens government shutdown
By Andy Sullivan and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan defense policy bill on Wednesday and raised the prospect that the United States could face a g...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
U.S. to ship around 4.7 million vaccine doses next week - U.S. Army General
(Reuters) - The U.S. government and its partners will distribute 4.67 million doses of Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine next week, bringing the total number of doses slated for shipment t...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
Moderna expects its COVID-19 vaccine to protect against UK coronavirus variant
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Wednesday it expects that the immunity induced by its COVID-19 vaccine would be protective against the coronavirus variants reported in the UK, based on data to date. T...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
U.S. says it has "highly credible" information Iranians created website threatening U.S. election officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security agencies said on Wednesday that they had "highly credible information" indicating Iranian "cyber actors" almost certainly were responsible for creating a website e...
Thomson Reuters Dec 23, 2020
