Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tennis-Murray pulls out of Delray Beach Open citing COVID-19 concerns
(Reuters) - Andy Murray has pulled out of the season-opening Delray Beach Open in Florida next week to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 ahead of the Australian Open in February. Murray, who mis...
Dec 31, 2020
Rallying-Dakar racers ready for Saudi desert after COVID quarantine
(Reuters) - The Dakar Rally, the first major motorsport event of 2021, heads into the dunes and remote deserts of Saudi Arabia in a bivouac 'bubble' this weekend. All participants in the gruelling eve...
Dec 31, 2020
Fireworks explode over empty streets as 2020 slinks away into history
(Reuters) - The Sydney Opera House fireworks soared into the sky, but the harbour below was empty as a ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed. No light show will il...
Dec 31, 2020
China reports first case of new coronavirus variant - CDC publication
(Reuters) - China has detected its first imported case of the new coronavirus variant that is spreading rapidly around Britain, according to a publication run by the Chinese Center for Disease Control...
Dec 31, 2020
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall for second straight week
(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week but remain elevated more than nine months into the health and economic crisis trigger...
Dec 31, 2020
Ukraine seeks 16 million COVID vaccine doses under COVAX scheme
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine hopes to double the eight million COVID-19 vaccine doses guaranteed under the global COVAX scheme, set up to provide vaccines to poorer countries, President Volodymyr Zelenski...
Dec 31, 2020
Sudan's armed forces now in control of all its territory - foreign minister
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's armed forces have taken control of all of its territory, Foreign Minister Omar Gamareldin said in a press conference on Thursday, as border tensions with neighbour Ethiopi...
Dec 31, 2020
Hungary will not use Russian vaccine due to capacity problems - govt
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will buy vaccines either through the European Union's procurement mechanism or directly from China because Russia has inadequate capacity to manufacture vaccines, Prime Mi...
Dec 31, 2020
Norway to introduce mandatory COVID tests at borders, closes some entry points
OSLO (Reuters) - All travellers entering Norway will have to take a COVID-19 test upon arrival, or up to 24 hours after, from Jan. 2, the country's justice ministry said on Thursday. To stop the sprea...
Dec 31, 2020
Futures muted in the last trading session of 2020
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were muted in the last trading session of a tumultuous year on Thursday, as investors digested big market gains and hoped that more stimulus and coro...
Dec 31, 2020
