Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Morocco to impose night curfew over coronavirus fears
RABAT (Reuters) - The Moroccan government said it will impose a three-week curfew from 9 p.m. (2000 GMT) to 6 a.m. (0500 GMT) starting on Wednesday, to try to contain the novel coronavirus. Shops, mal...
Dec 21, 2020
Disney names Bergman as chairman of Studios Content division
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co said on Monday it had named Alan Bergman as chairman of its Disney Studios Content division to oversee its famed movie studios including Pixar, Marvel, Lucasf...
Dec 21, 2020
Exclusive: Biden team weighs deportation relief for more than 1 million Hondurans, Guatemalans
By Ted Hesson and Laura Gottesdiener WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The incoming Biden administration is considering a plan to shield more than a million immigrants from Honduras and Guatemala from deportatio...
Dec 21, 2020
Ireland clearly in the grip of third COVID-19 wave - health officials
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is clearly in the midst of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and a rapid acceleration in the growth of cases from a relatively low level just days ago is of very grave c...
Dec 21, 2020
Four nights at a French truck stop: stranded by COVID border closure
By Caroline Pailliez and Thierry Chiarello CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Ali Kansu, a 54-year-old truck driver from Turkey, was on Friday hunkering down for another night sleeping at a truck stop near Ca...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. lawmakers set to approve FAA reforms after Boeing 737 MAX crashes -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers will include landmark reforms to how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certifies new airplanes in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes as part of ...
Dec 21, 2020
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley lead U.S. bank rally after stress test
By Sinad Carew (Reuters) - U.S. bank shares outperformed the broader market on Monday, led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, after the Federal Reserve said stress test results meant the sector coul...
Dec 21, 2020
WTO confirms launch of Australia-China trade dispute over barley
GENEVA (Reuters) - Australia has requested dispute consultations with China concerning duties imposed by China on Australian barley imports, the World Trade Organization confirmed on its website on Mo...
Dec 21, 2020
Iraq agrees with Pfizer to import 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraq's health ministry said on Monday it had agreed with Pfizer to import 1.5 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, the state news agency reported. It said the ministry added that t...
Dec 21, 2020
Therapy dogs go virtual at California hospital during pandemic
(Reuters) - Before the coronavirus pandemic, therapy dogs at California's Stanford Hospital would comfort patients and staff in the corridors and on wards. Now, they've gone virtual, cheering people u...
Dec 21, 2020
