Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK reports highest daily COVID death toll since May
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday reported 598 deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test, the highest figure since May, and a further 20,051 cases, according to government data. (Reporting...
Nov 17, 2020
Country singer LeAnn Rimes turns to chants to relieve pandemic blues
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - After a nearly 25-year country music career, singer LeAnn Rimes is finding new ways to share her voice - through a podcast and her first chant record. The Grammy ...
Nov 17, 2020
Rockets fall inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, no casualties, police sources say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, Iraqi police sources said on Tuesday. Sirens blasted from the U.S. embassy inside the zone, which houses governme...
Nov 17, 2020
J&J could have data for U.S. authorization of COVID-19 vaccine by February: Reuters interview
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's chief scientist said the drugmaker is recruiting over 1,000 people per day for the late-stage trial of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine and expects to have all the dat...
Nov 17, 2020
U.S. Justice Department: officials in Louisiana prison botched handling of COVID-19 pandemic
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Bureau of Prison (BOP) officials made numerous mistakes early during the pandemic, hobbling their ability to control the spread of COVID-19 at a federa...
Nov 17, 2020
McConnell open to $500 billion for coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he is open to a $500 billion package aimed at alleviating economic pain from the coronavirus pandemic, but the Republ...
Nov 17, 2020
Bitcoin hits nearly three-year peak, homes in on record
By Tom Wilson and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin on Tuesday soared to its highest level since December 2017 as the asset's perceived quality as a hedge against inflation ...
Nov 17, 2020
France becomes first European country to top 2 million COVID-19 cases: Reuters tally
By Shaina Ahluwalia (Reuters) - France on Tuesday became the first European country to surpass 2 million coronavirus cases despite an Oct. 30 nationwide lockdown that has led to a sharp decline in new...
Nov 17, 2020
Former UAW exec and GM board member sentenced to 30 months in prison for taking kickbacks
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Former United Auto Workers Vice President Joseph Ashton on Tuesday was sentenced to 30 months in prison for accepting kickbacks as part of a wide-ranging federal cor...
Nov 17, 2020
Trump to cut troop levels in Afghanistan but stops short of full withdrawal
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will sharply reduce the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 before he leaves office, the Pentagon anno...
Nov 17, 2020
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