Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Armenians march to mourn war victims as PM faces calls to resign
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Armenians marched through the capital Yerevan on Saturday to commemorate the soldiers killed in a six-week conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in which Azerbaija...
Dec 19, 2020
New COVID-19 strain spreads more quickly, UK medical chief says
LONDON (Reuters) - A new strain of COVID-19 identified in the United Kingdom can spread more quickly and urgent work is under way to confirm that it does not cause a higher mortality rate, England's C...
Dec 19, 2020
Exclusive: Blackstone in talks to merge Alight with blank-check acquisition firm
By David French and Mike Spector NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc is in talks to merge U.S. benefits services provider Alight Solutions LLC with a blank-check acquisition ...
Dec 19, 2020
UK ministers discuss COVID-19 concern amid rise in cases
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding a conference call with his senior ministers on Saturday to discuss concern over a new strain of the COVID-19 virus which is rising a...
Dec 19, 2020
See each other by video call this Christmas, Merkel tells Germans
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans on Saturday to avoid visiting family members over Christmas and to use video calls instead for greetings, the way service members stationed ab...
Dec 19, 2020
Santa goes virtual in pandemic hit Spain
MADRID (Reuters) - An enterprising Santa Claus has given himself the mission of saving Christmas in Spain by sending video messages to children who are unable to meet the man himself this year because...
Dec 19, 2020
French President Macron's condition is 'stable', presidency says
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's condition is stable and the results of a medical examination reassuring, the French presidency said on Saturday in an update on his bout of coronav...
Dec 19, 2020
Click, then drive: Last-minute U.S. holiday shoppers do curbside pickup
By Melissa Fares NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many U.S. holiday shoppers, wary of going into stores during the latest surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, went from their computers, phones or other devices to thei...
Dec 19, 2020
Moderna, McKesson and U.S. Army general ready to roll out new COVID-19 vaccine
By Joseph White and Lisa Baertlein DETROIT/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. distribution of a second COVID-19 vaccine, from Moderna, is ready to start shipping to more than 3,800 sites this weekend, vastl...
Dec 19, 2020
Explainer-U.S. government hack: espionage or act of war?
By Jan Wolfe and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers, with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin calling it "virtually a dec...
Dec 19, 2020
