Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tokyo December core consumer prices fall at fastest pace in over 10 years
TOKYO (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Tokyo dropped at the fastest pace in more than a decade in December while Japan's jobs market remained subdued in November, raising the risks of a return to d...
Dec 24, 2020
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine distribution started in Canada by FedEX, Innomar Strategies
(Reuters) - FedEx Corp's Canadian subsidiary and Innomar Strategies, a Canada-based unit of U.S. drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp said on Thursday they have started to distribute Moderna Inc's ...
Dec 24, 2020
Syria's air defenses confront an "Israeli aggression" in Masyaf -state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) - Syrian air defenses confronted an "Israeli aggression" after midnight on Thursday in the Masyaf area in the Hama countryside, Syrian state TV said. Explosions were heard in Syria's c...
Dec 24, 2020
With choir in hard hats, fire-ravaged Notre-Dame rings in Christmas
PARIS (Reuters) - For the first time since a fire that nearly destroyed it, the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris played host to a Christmas Eve choral concert, an annual tradition in France. In a concess...
Dec 24, 2020
French grandmas brave COVID risk to spend Christmas with the family
By Lea Guedj MAGNY-LE-HONGRE, France (Reuters) - Josette Boyeldieu and Guylene Lehmann are pensioners, one of the groups most at risk from COVID-19, but that did not discourage them from spending part...
Dec 24, 2020
Canada expands added screening to travelers from South Africa amid COVID-19 variant worries
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Thursday expanded enhanced screening and monitoring measures to travelers arriving from South Africa, citing the rise of a more infectious variant of COVID-19 in that coun...
Dec 24, 2020
California brush fire at U.S. Marine base forces evacuation of 7,000-plus residents
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wind-driven flames racing through miles of dry brush on a U.S. Marine Corps base in Southern California prompted the evacuation of more than 7,000 residents on Thursday from ne...
Dec 24, 2020
Silver defends Harden punishment: "It's Christmas"
(Reuters) - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday said a $50,000 fine was sufficient discipline for James Harden after the Houston Rockets guard broke the league's COVID-19 protocols by attending a...
Dec 24, 2020
Kevin Spacey tells people who are struggling 'It does get better'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey on Thursday appealed to people who were struggling with shame or depression not to take their own lives. Spacey, who has largely disappeared from publ...
Dec 24, 2020
Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch sold for knockdown price
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's famed Neverland Ranch in California has finally sold, more than 10 years after the death of the pop star who abandoned the property following his trial on cha...
Dec 24, 2020
