Author Archives: Syndicated Content
US Senate's Schumer: no hurdles that can't be overcome in coronavirus aid talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday there are no insurmountable barriers in the current negotiations among lawmakers on coronavirus relief. "None of the re...
Dec 17, 2020
Mexico hopes to ink CanSino COVID-19 vaccine contract by next week
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government hopes to finalize a contract with China's CanSino Biologics Inc for 10 to 35 million COVID-19 vaccine doses next week, a senior health ministry official ...
Dec 17, 2020
Oxford says vaccine has good immune response with two-dose regime
LONDON (Reuters) - Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine candidate has a better immune response when a two full-dose regime is used rather than a full-dose followed by a half-dose booster, the university said on ...
Dec 17, 2020
Turkey's daily COVID-19 deaths at record high 243 -health ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's daily coronavirus death toll hit a record high of 243 in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Thursday, bringing the total so far to 17,364. Turkey also reco...
Dec 17, 2020
EU envoys to discuss Brexit at 0830 GMT Friday -diplomatic sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The 27 national envoys to European Union hub Brussels will get an update on the latest in the trade talks with Britain at 0830 GMT on Friday, diplomatic sources in the bloc said. ...
Dec 17, 2020
NFL: Former Ravens RB Taliaferro dies at 28
Former Baltimore Ravens running back Lorenzo Taliaferro has died at age 28, the team announced Thursday. Taliaferro passed away in his hometown of Williamsburg, Va. A family member told WBFF-TV in Bal...
Dec 17, 2020
Pfizer has not yet applied for emergency use of vaccine in Brazil, agency says
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Pfizer has not yet applied for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil, health regulator Anvisa said on Thursday, adding that the company has not yet provided enough...
Dec 17, 2020
Rome homeless send sunflowers to pope on 84th birthday
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Rome's homeless sent sunflowers to Pope Francis for his 84th birthday on Thursday and the pontiff marked the day by sending four ventilators to hospitals in Venezuela, the Vat...
Dec 17, 2020
Argentine recession, exacerbated by COVID-19, increases poverty
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Gustavo Delgado walks every day from his home in La Boca, a hard-scrabble neighborhood of Buenos Aires, to a nearby community pantry to find the only food that he and his fami...
Dec 17, 2020
E-scooters take off in COVID-hit London despite legal obstacles
By Ben Makori LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of London commuters have ditched the city's underground trains and buses during the COVID-19 pandemic for a more personal form of electric transportation: an...
Dec 17, 2020
