Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Morocco arrests dissident, investigates alleged money laundering
RABAT (Reuters) - A Moroccan judge has ordered a prominent writer and rights activist to be held in custody pending an investigation into money-laundering allegations, in a case that media freedom act...
Dec 30, 2020
Alpine skiing-Double Olympic champion Mayer wins Bormio downhill
(Reuters) - Austria's double Olympic gold medallist Matthias Mayer edged out team mate Vincent Kriechmayr to win the Bormio men's World Cup Alpine skiing downhill on Wednesday. Mayer's winning margin ...
Dec 30, 2020
Woolly rhino remains found in melting Siberian permafrost
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian scientists are poring over the well-preserved remains of a woolly rhinoceros that likely roamed the Siberian hinterland more than 12,000 years ago after it was found in the ...
Dec 30, 2020
U.S. pending home sales fall again in November
(Reuters) - Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes fell for a third straight month in November as an acute shortage of properties pushed up prices, though the housing market remains supported by...
Dec 30, 2020
Sweden recommends masks for rush hour, as COVID-19 deaths hit record
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden on Wednesday took steps to increase measures against the novel coronavirus, recommending commuters wear masks on public transport during rush hour as the country announced...
Dec 30, 2020
China says EU investment deal gives legally binding market access commitments
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the EU have provided one another with mutually beneficial market access commitments in the bilateral investment agreement the two sides reached on Wednesday, an official ...
Dec 30, 2020
UK's House of Commons overwhelmingly backs Brexit trade deal
LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favour of legislation implementing the post-Brexit trade deal agreed with the European Union last week. Lawmakers voted 521 to 73 to progress...
Dec 30, 2020
Thousands flock to India's Taj Mahal despite coronavirus fears
AGRA, India (Reuters) - India has raised the number of visitors it will allow into the Taj Mahal monument to 15,000 per day despite warnings from health officials that overcrowding at tourist sites co...
Dec 30, 2020
New York to open new $1.6 billion train hall at Penn Station
(Reuters) - A new $1.6 billion train hall at New York City's Penn Station will be unveiled to the public on Wednesday, significantly expanding North America's busiest train terminal amid a public tran...
Dec 30, 2020
Exclusive-Dialysis clinics provide new path for delivery of stockpiled COVID-19 antibody drugs in U.S.
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Dialysis centers in the United States are rolling out COVID-19 antibody treatments this week, a new path for delivery of Eli Lilly and Regeneron drugs approved for emergen...
Dec 30, 2020
