Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China reports 22 new COVID-19 cases, including 12 locally transmitted
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China recorded 22 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 26, up from 20 cases the previous day, the country's health authority said on Sunday. The National Health Commission said in i...
Dec 26, 2020
Sydney awaits verdict on New Year's Eve festivities as COVID-19 outbreak grows
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Sydney's COVID-19 outbreak continued on Sunday with more than a quarter million people in lockdown as Australia's largest city awaited word on whether any public N...
Dec 26, 2020
China's industrial profits rise 15.5% year-on-year in November
BEIJING (Reuters) - Profits at Chinese industrial firms in November grew 15.5% year-on-year to 729.32 billion yuan ($111.50 billion), official data showed on Sunday. That compared with a 28.2% surge i...
Dec 26, 2020
Mexico posts 4,974 new coronavirus cases, 189 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's health ministry on Saturday reported 4,974 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 189 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 1,377,217 ca...
Dec 26, 2020
UK says regulator must be given time to carry out Oxford COVID-19 vaccine review
(Reuters) - Britain's Department of Health said on Sunday that medicines regulator MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) must be given time to carry out its review of the data of ...
Dec 26, 2020
Niger heads to polls in search of first democratic transition
By Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger votes in an election on Sunday that is expected to lead to the first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents in a country reeling fr...
Dec 26, 2020
South Korea reports 970 new coronavirus cases -KDCA
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 970 new coronavirus cases for Saturday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Sunday, bringing the national tally to 56,872 cases, with ...
Dec 26, 2020
Central African Republic votes under threat of violence
By Antoine Rolland BANGUI (Reuters) - Voters in Central African Republic go to the polls on Sunday for presidential and legislative elections being held under a cloud of violence as the government tri...
Dec 26, 2020
Europe rolls out vaccines in bid to leave pandemic behind
(Reuters) - Europe launches a cross-border vaccination programme of unprecedented scale on Sunday as part of efforts to end a COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 mi...
Dec 26, 2020
Brazil sees 307 COVID-19 deaths, Bolsonaro not worried about vaccine delays
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil has registered 307 new COVID-19 deaths, and 17,246 new cases of coronavirus, the health ministry said on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro said he was not worried...
Dec 26, 2020
