Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pakistan's opposition to lead march to capital in bid to oust PM Khan
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The leaders of an anti-government alliance urged tens of thousands of supporters at a rally on Sunday to join a march to the Pakistani capital next mon...
Dec 13, 2020
11 migrants found dead off of Venezuela's eastern coast
CARACAS (Reuters) - Eleven people believed to have traveled from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago were found dead in waters near the South American nation's coast, Trinidad and Tobago's coast guard sa...
Dec 13, 2020
U.S. CDC director 'proud' to sign advisory panel recommendation of COVID vaccine
(Reuters) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said on Sunday that he had signed a CDC advisory panel's recommendation of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine. The Advis...
Dec 13, 2020
Iran jails British-Iranian researcher for nine years for subversion: report
DUBAI (Reuters) - A court in Iran has handed a nine-year jail sentence to British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, after convicting him of conducting "subversive" research work, the semi-official...
Dec 13, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government - sources
By Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sophisticated hacking group backed by a foreign government stole information from the U.S. Treasury Department and a U.S. agency responsible for deciding p...
Dec 13, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 296,818 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 15,932,116 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 213,305 from its previous count, and said that the numb...
Dec 13, 2020
Moody's says Pfizer's U.S. COVID-19 vaccine authorization is credit positive
(Reuters) - Rating agency Moody's Investors Service said on Sunday that Pfizer Inc's U.S. COVID-19 vaccine authorization is credit positive. "The approval is credit positive because of incremental pro...
Dec 13, 2020
Trump revives threat to veto defense bill, teeing up battle with lawmakers
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his threat to veto a massive defense spending bill, setting the stage for a major battle with U.S. lawmakers at a...
Dec 13, 2020
Box Office: Without New Releases, 'The Croods 2' Claims Victory Again
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - Universal's animated adventure "The Croods: A New Age" led another quiet weekend at the domestic box office. The film generated $3 million in its third we...
Dec 13, 2020
Chinese dams under U.S. scrutiny in Mekong rivalry
By Kay Johnson and Matthew Tostevin BANGKOK (Reuters) - A U.S.-funded project using satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekong river was launched on Monday, adding to t...
Dec 13, 2020
