Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil detects two cases of new coronavirus variant found in UK
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian lab said on Thursday it has detected two cases of the new coronavirus variant that has spread rapidly in Britain, and urged reinforcement of quarantine measures for t...
Dec 31, 2020
One Good Thing: Special Olympian spreads message of love
By: John Marshall Gary Schottle arrived in time to see the other kids in line hitting and jumping on his young son. Nicknamed "Tank," Derek towered over the pestering kids, yet lacked the confidence t...
Dec 31, 2020
Theaters look to Bond and Black Widow to spark 2021 moviegoing
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movie theater operators, after a year of dismal ticket sales during the pandemic, are hoping a lineup of superheroes, fighter pilots and cinema's most famous s...
Dec 31, 2020
Mexico says fentanyl seizures up almost six-fold in 2020
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Seizures of fentanyl in Mexico rose almost six-fold this year, the government said on Thursday, amid more production of the dangerous synthetic opioid that has been blamed for ...
Dec 31, 2020
France to open city COVID-19 vaccination centres before start of February - minister
PARIS (Reuters) - Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Thursday France would open COVID-19 vaccination centres in cities before the start of February, amid growing criticism that the programme is rol...
Dec 31, 2020
Iran execution of man convicted of murder when 16 draws UN condemnation
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran executed a man on Thursday who had been convicted of murder 12 years ago when he was 16, a Western rights group said, drawing condemnation from the U.N. rights office which said...
Dec 31, 2020
SPACtacular: Blank-check firms hit the jackpot in 2020
By Nivedita Balu and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Blank-check firms - popularly known as SPACs - emerged as the most popular investment vehicles and the primary driving force behind a record year for initi...
Dec 31, 2020
Irish COVID-19 spread worse than formal reporting suggests, says health official
DUBLIN (Reuters) - About 4,000 additional positive tests for COVID-19 in the last two to three days have yet to be formally confirmed, meaning the situation is worse than recent record daily figures s...
Dec 31, 2020
US State Department calls for immediate release of HK activists sentenced
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called for the immediate release of 10 Hong Kong activists who were sentenced to between seven months and three years in jail by ...
Dec 31, 2020
Islamic state claims responsibility for Wednesday's Syria bus attack
CAIRO - (Reuters) - Islamic State on Thursday claimed responsibility for a bus attack in Syria the previous day, saying it had killed 40 Syrian army soldiers and badly wounded six others. The statemen...
Dec 31, 2020
