Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China's capital locks down part of district in coronavirus fight
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing sealed off 10 areas of its northeastern Shunyi district on Tuesday, the first lockdown in the Chinese capital since the last coronavirus outbreak in the months of June and ...
Dec 29, 2020
Turkey's top court rules Kavala's rights not violated -Anadolu
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's top court on Tuesday ruled that high-profile philanthropist Osman Kavala's detention had not violated his right to liberty and security, state media said, after he spent mo...
Dec 29, 2020
American Airlines to restart U.S. commercial Boeing 737 MAX flights
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines is set to restart U.S. Boeing 737 MAX commercial flights on Tuesday, another milestone for the U.S. planemaker a...
Dec 29, 2020
Battle over $2,000 COVID-19 aid checks shifts to U.S. Senate
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unusual battle in Congress over President Donald Trump's demand for $2,000 coronavirus aid checks for Americans shifts on Tuesday to the Senate, where Republi...
Dec 29, 2020
Iran starts human testing of first domestic COVID-19 vaccine
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran launched human trials of its first domestic COVID-19 vaccine candidate, state media reported on Tuesday, which Tehran says could help it defeat the pandemic despite U.S. sanctio...
Dec 29, 2020
German exports down more than 12% this year due to pandemic -BGA
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's BGA trade association said on Tuesday it expects exports to shrink by at least 12% this year as demand from the United States and Britain collapsed due to the coronavirus ...
Dec 29, 2020
UK needs tighter COVID rules to avert new "catastrophe", epidemiologist warns
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government needs to bring in tighter coronavirus lockdown rules to avert a fresh wave of deaths from a new strain of the disease, a leading epidemiologist and government a...
Dec 29, 2020
Russian riot police arrest renegade priest in raid on convent
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Riot police in Russia arrested a renegade priest in the early hours of Tuesday in a raid on a convent he had seized control of and accused him of driving children to suicide, accord...
Dec 29, 2020
Top 25 roundup: Maryland topples No. 6 Wisconsin
Eric Ayala scored 17 points and Aaron Wiggins added 15 points and nine rebounds as Maryland shot 64 percent in the second half en route to a 70-64 upset of No. 6 Wisconsin on Monday night in Madison, ...
Dec 29, 2020
Kia Motors' union in South Korea approves tentative labour deal
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean workers for Kia Motors Corp have agreed to a freeze in base salary for the first time in 11 years under a preliminary deal with the automaker following 16 rounds of nego...
Dec 29, 2020
