Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Africa experiencing a new COVID-19 strain - health minister
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa is experiencing a new variant of the coronavirus that is driving a second wave of infections, the health minister said on Friday. "We have convened this public br...
Dec 18, 2020
UK reports 28,507 new COVID-19 cases
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 28,507 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and 489 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus, according to official data. Thursday's data had shown...
Dec 18, 2020
Austria will go into third lockdown on Dec. 26, government says
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria will go into coronavirus lockdown for a third time after Christmas, the government confirmed on Friday, just 11 days after the country's second lockdown ended. Non-essential...
Dec 18, 2020
Russia vaccinates its cosmonauts against COVID-19
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia began vaccinating its cosmonauts and staff on Friday at Star City, the closed town near Moscow that is home to the country's space programme, the Roscosmos space corporation ...
Dec 18, 2020
Canada trial for Toronto van attack suspect enters final day
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - The trial of a man charged with killing 10 people in a 2018 van attack in Toronto will end on Friday, as Canadian prosecutors push to have him found guilty of fi...
Dec 18, 2020
Japan's TV Asahi takes back report that prosecutors questioned ex-PM Abe
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's TV Asahi said on Friday a report that it broadcast saying prosecutors had questioned former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over political funding was untrue and apologized to him....
Dec 18, 2020
Mexico records lowest number of murders in nearly three years
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico recorded the lowest number of murders in the month of November in nearly three years, Mexican officials announced on Friday, but 2020 could still narrowly surpass last y...
Dec 18, 2020
U.S. charges China-based Zoom executive with disrupting Tiananmen video commemorations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday charged a China-based executive at Zoom Video Communications Inc with involvement in a scheme to disrupt video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversa...
Dec 18, 2020
NBA-Utah Jazz sold to group led by Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith
(Reuters) - The sale of the Utah Jazz to an ownership group led by Qualtrics founder and executive chairman Ryan Smith was unanimously approved by the NBA Board of Governors on Friday. "Ryan Smith is ...
Dec 18, 2020
Canada, Britain very close to deal to avoid post-Brexit tariffs -sources
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada and Britain are on the verge of a deal to ensure that free trade between the two, post-Brexit, can continue until the Canadian Parliament approves a new bi...
Dec 18, 2020
