Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil reports 30,026 new coronavirus cases, 571 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 30,026 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 571 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Friday. Brazil has...
Oct 23, 2020
U.S. charges ex-editor of Kushner-owned newspaper with cyberstalking
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former editor of a New York newspaper once owned by President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner was charged on Friday by federal prosecutors with cyb...
Oct 23, 2020
Mexico City discourages large gatherings as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The mayor of Mexico City, the country's largest city, on Friday called on residents to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people as the capital grapples with a surge of coronavir...
Oct 23, 2020
Crews battling largest wildfires in Colorado history brace for high winds
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Crews battling a string of wildfires in drought-stricken Colorado braced on Friday for the return of high winds that have stoked flames in what authorities have cal...
Oct 23, 2020
McDonald’s urges dismissal of Black former franchisees’ discrimination lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp on Friday urged a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by dozens of Black former franchise owners who accused the fast-food giant of racial discrimination fo...
Oct 23, 2020
Wildfire smoke may help virus spread, mouthwash helps curb it
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Oct 23, 2020
J&J preparing to resume U.S. trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it was preparing to resume a large clinical trial of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the United States after an independent safety panel recommended enrollments f...
Oct 23, 2020
Biden says he would if elected mandate masks in interstate transportation
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday said he would mandate masks in all interstate U.S. transportation if elected after the Trump administra...
Oct 23, 2020
Facebook, Twitter CEOs to testify post-election: U.S. Senate panel
By Richard Cowan and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Friday the chief executives of Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc will testify before the panel on Nov. 1...
Oct 23, 2020
U.S. judge denies new government bid to remove China’s WeChat from U.S. app stores
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Friday rejected a Justice Department request to reverse a decision that allowed Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to continue to offe...
Oct 23, 2020
