Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Magnitude 6.7 quake hits south of the Philippine capital
MANILA (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck south of the Philippine capital early on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The agency said aftershocks were...
Jul 23, 2021
U.S. administers 340.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 340,363,922 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 393,929,955 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Jul 23, 2021
Former Virgin Galactic CEO to fly to space – CNBC
(Reuters) - Former chief executive officer of Virgin Galactic Holdings, George Whitesides, will fly to space on the aerospace company's next test spaceflight, CNBC reported on Friday. Richard Branson,...
Jul 23, 2021
Judge handling Jolie-Pitt divorce case told to step down
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The judge handling the bitter divorce case between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie was ordered to step down on Friday after Jolie complained that he was not impartial. An appeals ...
Jul 23, 2021
Soccer-U.S. women’s team files appeal in gender discrimination lawsuit
(Reuters) - The U.S. women's national team (USWNT) on Friday filed an opening brief in the appeal of their lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF), saying the decision to dismiss it was base...
Jul 23, 2021
Blinken to raise human rights with counterparts in India -U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise human rights issues with officials in India when he visits the country next week, a senior State Department official said on Fr...
Jul 23, 2021
EV startup Rivian announces $2.5 billion funding round led by Amazon, Ford
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) -Electric car startup Rivian said on Friday it has closed a $2.5 billion fundraising round led by investors Amazon.com Inc , Ford Motor Co and T. Rowe Price. The annou...
Jul 23, 2021
China’s Sinovac evaluates vaccine plant in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean authorities said on Friday that China's Sinovac had begun evaluating potential sites for the construction of a vaccine plant in Chile that could begin producing doses of t...
Jul 23, 2021
Mexico City’s third wave of pandemic drives up hospital occupancy
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - COVID-19 hospitalizations in Mexico City and its suburbs, home to some 21 million people, increased by a third in the last week, authorities said on Friday, amid a third wave o...
Jul 23, 2021
J&J shot recipients may need a booster; new advice on infected kids
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. Johnson & Johnson shot...
Jul 23, 2021
