Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Obesity increases risks of death from COVID-19: Public Health England
LONDON (Reuters) - People who are obese or overweight are at increased risk of death or severe illness from COVID-19, a report by Public Health England (PHE) said on Saturday as the government prepare...
Thomson Reuters Jul 24, 2020

NCAA heeds Division I’s pleas for patience on fall sports
By: Doug Feinberg and Ralph D. Russo Heeding pleas for patience from college sports leaders, the NCAA Board of Governors held off on making any decisions about whether to hold championship events in f...
Chase Miller Jul 24, 2020
U.S. panel charged to plan fair distribution of eventual COVID-19 vaccine
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. public health officials on Friday charged a group of independent scientists and ethicists with developing guidelines to determine who should get the first...
Thomson Reuters Jul 24, 2020
Brush fire put out near Iran military housing complex -reports
DUBAI (Reuters) - A short-circuit on a power line sparked a brush fire near a housing area for military officials in Tehran on Friday, police and the fire department said, denying there had been an ex...
Thomson Reuters Jul 24, 2020
Entire Michigan State football team under quarantine
The entire Michigan State football team entered a 14-day quarantine period following more positive tests for the coronavirus, the school announced Friday. On Wednesday, the Spartans paused workouts af...
Thomson Reuters Jul 24, 2020
Norway reps to visit Venezuela after failed political dialogue: Venezuelan opposition
CARACAS (Reuters) - Norwegian government representatives plan to visit Venezuela again, the South American country's political opposition said on Friday. The visit comes almost a year after the end of...
Thomson Reuters Jul 24, 2020
PSG beat 10-man St Etienne to win French Cup but Mbappe injured
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain's Neymar struck early to secure a 1-0 win over 10-man St Etienne as they claimed a record-extending 13th Coupe de France on Friday in a near empty stadium as French ...
Thomson Reuters Jul 24, 2020
Anti-communist protesters heckle staff emptying Chinese consulate in Houston
By Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) - Staff left China's Houston consulate to a jeering crowd on Friday as the clock ticked down on a U.S. government order to vacate the building after Washington cal...
Thomson Reuters Jul 24, 2020
States sue Trump over order to exclude undocumented immigrants from U.S. House seat counts
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A coalition of 35 U.S. states, cities and counties sued President Donald Trump on Friday over his directive not to count undocumented immigrants when apportion...
Thomson Reuters Jul 24, 2020
Brazil's Sao Paulo pushes back Carnival as cases keep soaring
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Sao Paulo, the biggest city in South America, postponed its 2021 Carnival celebrations on the same day that Formula One scrapped its next planned race here, underlying the enduri...
Thomson Reuters Jul 24, 2020
