Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexico reports 11,091 new coronavirus cases, 700 deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry reported 11,091 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 700 additional fatalities on Friday, bringing its total to 1,437,185 infections and 126,507 deaths....
Jan 01, 2021
S.Korea extends coronavirus social distancing in Seoul region
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will extend unprecedented social distancing rules in Seoul and neighbouring areas until Jan. 17, a health official said on Saturday, including a ban on gatherings larger ...
Jan 01, 2021
UK's Alok Sharma offers to resign as business minister to lead climate summit-The Times
(Reuters) - UK Business Minister Alok Sharma offered to resign from his ministerial position in order to take on a full-time role preparing for the country's chairmanship of United Nations COP26 clima...
Jan 01, 2021
U.S. judge dismisses lawmaker lawsuit against Pence over electoral count
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit filed by a U.S. lawmaker from Texas and other Republicans against Vice President Mike Pence who is set to preside Wednesd...
Jan 01, 2021
'Cheap trick': China rebuffs latest Taiwan offer of talks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has rebuffed the latest offer of talks from Taiwan, saying the government was engaging in a "cheap trick" and provocation by seeking confrontation with China at every turn. T...
Jan 01, 2021
Australia's NSW makes masks mandatory as virus cluster expands
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state of New South Wales on Saturday made masks compulsory and imposed new mobility restrictions as its virus cluster expanded by seven whi...
Jan 01, 2021
Aviation deaths rise worldwide in 2020 even as fatal incidents, flights fall
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number of crashes fell by more than 50%, a Dutch ...
Jan 01, 2021
Pfizer and BioNTech to offer COVID vaccine to volunteers who got placebo
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech Se plan to give volunteers who received a placebo in its COVID-19 vaccine trial an option to receive a first dose of the vaccine by March 1, 2021, while...
Jan 01, 2021
AstraZeneca expects to supply two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine every week in UK -The Times
(Reuters) - About two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca are set to be supplied every week by the middle of January in the United Kingdom, The Times repor...
Jan 01, 2021
NHL planning two outdoor games at Lake Tahoe - report
(Reuters) - The National Hockey League (NHL) is planning to have two regular season outdoor games without fans at Lake Tahoe in Nevada, according to multiple reports on Friday. The Vegas Golden Knight...
Jan 01, 2021
