Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Barr: no plans to appoint special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
By Mark Hosenball and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he has no plans to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, son of Preside...
Dec 21, 2020
UK records 33,364 new COVID-19 cases, 215 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded a further 33,364 COVID-19 cases on Monday and 215 deaths of people who had tested positive for the virus within 28 days. That compares with 35,928 cases ...
Dec 21, 2020
Brazil state should receive 10.8 million doses of Coronavac vaccine by Dec 31, governor says
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Sao Paulo governor Joao Doria said in a press conference on Monday the state will receive 5.5 million doses of Sinovac Biotech's Coronavac vaccine on Dec. 24, and e...
Dec 21, 2020
Colombia to receive 1.7 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in February
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will receive its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE in February, the country health ministry said on Monday. T...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. imposes Cuba, Nicaragua-related sanctions on people, companies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three Nicaraguan officials over their support for leftist President Daniel Ortega's government. President Donald Trump's adminis...
Dec 21, 2020
Statue of civil rights pioneer Barbara Johns to replace Confederacy's Lee in U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A statue of Black civil rights activist Barbara Johns, who played a key role in the desegregation of the public school system, will be installed in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, off...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. consumers struggled to access credit, handle emergency costs in 2020, study shows
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - U.S. consumers struggled to access credit this year and felt less prepared to meet unexpected costs, with applications for credit cards plunging the most, according to a ...
Dec 21, 2020
Italy reports 10,872 new coronavirus cases on Monday, 415 deaths
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 415 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday against 352 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections decreased to 10,872 from 15,104, ...
Dec 21, 2020
Kremlin foe Navalny says he pranked secret agent, learns of underwear murder plot
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday he had tricked a Russian secret agent into disclosing details of the botched plot to kill him and had been told that poison had been pla...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. charges Libyan man in 1988 Pam Am Flight 103 bombing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday unsealed criminal charges against another suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people, most of t...
Dec 21, 2020
