Author Archives: Syndicated Content
League weighing up COVID postseason protocols, rejects ‘bubble’
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is weighing up new safety protocols for the postseason but rejected the idea of playing in a "bubble" setting, amid a surge of...
Dec 02, 2020
AstraZeneca U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial results likely in late-Jan, says health official
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc will likely get results of its U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial in late-January and could potentially file for an emergency authorization, the chief adviser for the U.S. governm...
Dec 02, 2020
Republican U.S. lawmakers may defy Trump over defense bill veto threat
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee and some other Republican lawmakers pushed back on Wednesday against President Donald Trump's threa...
Dec 02, 2020
Some New York City teachers question timing of reopening schools as COVID-19 cases soar
By Gabriella Borter and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Jamie Ewing longs for the day when he can return to teaching his fourth-grade class face-to-face, safely and permanently - but he is not confident that...
Dec 02, 2020
Germany to extend COVID restrictions until Jan. 10: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will extend restrictive measures designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus until Jan. 10, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday after talks state leaders. "The sta...
Dec 02, 2020
U.N. drug agency loosens global controls on cannabis, following WHO advice
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. drug agency's member states on Wednesday narrowly voted to remove cannabis from the most tightly controlled category of narcotic drugs, following the World Health Organizat...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. sanctions accomplice of “most wanted” Mexican trafficker Caro Quintero
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it had frozen assets belonging to an alleged accomplice of Rafael Caro Quintero, a Mexican drug trafficker who tops the U.S...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 269,763 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 13,626,022 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 178,395 from its previous count, and said the number...
Dec 02, 2020
New leadership gives hope for Russian return
By Mitch Phillips (Reuters) - Two days after the Russian Athletics Federation (RUSAF) elected a new president, World Athletics (WA) suggested on Wednesday that there was a chink of light at the end of...
Dec 02, 2020
Fed: Little to no growth in four of 12 regions as stress mounts
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials saw "little or no growth" in four of their 12 U.S. districts and only modest growth elsewhere in recent weeks amid a...
Dec 02, 2020
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