Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Weekend shopper numbers on UK high streets suffer Omicron hit
LONDON (Reuters) -Shopper numbers across Britain's high streets fell 2.6% over the Dec. 18-19 weekend versus the previous weekend as the highly contagious Omicron variant of coronavirus kept people aw...
Dec 20, 2021
‘Licorice Pizza’ turns on the charm in quirky coming-of-age tale
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - There's no pizza and no licorice in director Paul Thomas Anderson's latest movie, but like a lot of the quirky characters and events in his coming-of-age story...
Dec 20, 2021
Georgia governor’s race tests Trump’s stolen-election claims
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - Since announcing his candidacy for the Georgia governorship earlier this month, Republican David Perdue has wasted no time in releasing ads that revive former President ...
Dec 20, 2021
‘Titane’ director Ducournau flies flag for genre films, female voices
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Director and writer Julia Ducournau says France's decision to pick her movie "Titane" as its official contender in the Oscar race for best international feature fil...
Dec 20, 2021
Novavax expected to start delivering COVID-19 shots to EU in first quarter 2022 -EU source
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Novavax is expected to start delivering its COVID-19 vaccines to the European Union in the first quarter of 2022, an EU source said, as experts for the regio...
Dec 20, 2021
Closing arguments set for trial of ex-Minnesota cop who killed Daunte Wright
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - The jury is set to hear closing arguments on Monday in the manslaughter trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wrigh...
Dec 20, 2021
Moisture seen critical for wheat blasted by U.S. Plains dust storm
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hurricane-force winds that raked the U.S. Plains belt last week appeared to cause varying degrees of damage to a winter wheat crop that was already struggling wi...
Dec 20, 2021
Closing arguments in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial to kick off
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Closing arguments in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial are set to kick off on Monday, before the jury begins to weigh whether the British socialite set up teenage girls for t...
Dec 20, 2021
As Omicron threatens a global surge, some countries shorten COVID-19 booster timelines
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - A growing number of countries are reducing the wait time for COVID-19 vaccine boosters from six months to as few as three in a bid to ward off a new surge in infections fr...
Dec 20, 2021
Analysis: Rising cases, Omicron highlight holes in Biden’s COVID strategy, experts say
By Jeff Mason (Reuters) - Amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, President Joe Biden is drawing criticism from health experts, who are calling for ...
Dec 20, 2021
