Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK seven-day COVID-19 infections down 37% on week before
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom reported 108,069 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, leaving the seven-day tally down by 37.2% on the previous week. It reported 359 deaths of people who had test...
Jan 19, 2022
Olympics-Italy’s Ghiotto to take philosophical approach in quest for speed skating medal
(Reuters) - Italian speed skater Davide Ghiotto knows he is under pressure to win a medal at the Winter Olympics in Beijing next month but will adopt a philosophical approach to overcome the burden of...
Jan 19, 2022
Djokovic buys 80% in Danish biotech developing COVID-19 treatment – CEO
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Tennis player Novak Djokovic has purchased 80% of Danish biotech firm QuantBioRes, aiming to develop a medical treatment against COVID-19, the company's chief executive told Reu...
Jan 19, 2022
Jailed French tourist to appear in Iran court on Thursday on spying charges -lawyer
DUBAI (Reuters) - A jailed French tourist in Iran, Benjamin Briere, will appear before a Revolutionary Court on Thursday on spying charges, his Iranian lawyer told Reuters on Wednesday. "Benjamin will...
Jan 19, 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell to formally request new trial over concerns about juror
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers are expected on Wednesday to formally request that the British socialite's sex abuse conviction be overturned, due to a juror's possible f...
Jan 19, 2022
Slovenia, Croatia report record high daily COVID cases
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Slovenia and Croatia on Wednesday reported record high daily numbers of new COVID-19 cases with both countries struggling to process results amid a surge in demand for testing. Sl...
Jan 19, 2022
Investing app Acorns, Pioneer SPAC scrap $2.2 billion merger
(This Jan 18 story corrects to say pre-money value of $1.5 billion, not $1.6 billion, in paragraph 5. The story was previously corrected to change attribution in paragraph 4) By Sohini Podder and Many...
Jan 19, 2022
Gov. Whitmer urges residents to claim free COVID-19 tests that will be shipped directly to homes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Tuesday, Governor Whitmer urged Michiganders to take advantage of the federal government's free COVID-19 testing program. At-home rapid COVID-19 tests are available fo...
Jan 19, 2022
Tennis-‘We’re not getting tested’: Zverev says more players probably have COVID-19
(Removes extraneous words in lead) MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Alexander Zverev believes there are probably more players at the Australian Open who have COVID-19 but they are not being tested, the third see...
Jan 19, 2022
Lula says reducing poverty is Brazil’s priority, not fiscal containment
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is leading polls ahead of the October election, said on Wednesday that reducing poverty and inequality must be Brazil's pr...
Jan 19, 2022
