Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexico posts 16,244 more COVID-19 cases; highest daily rise since January
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry on Thursday reported 16,244 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, its highest daily jump since the end of January, and 419 more fatalities. T...
Jul 22, 2021
Spain to donate 7.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses -PM Sanchez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the country this week will begin to donate 7.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, primarily to Latin America. Speaking in an interview fr...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen tells development banks to mobilize private capital for climate fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the heads of the World Bank and other multilateral development banks on Thursday to come up with concrete plans to mobilize significant...
Jul 22, 2021
The American pandemic day: More kids. More TV. More Z’s. More time alone
By Howard Schneider and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Americans watched more TV last year, played more computer games, thought and read a bit more, caught up on a little sleep and on average spent an ext...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. Senate panel hears from Chubb, others on insuring pandemic risk
By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey business owner Adenah Bayoh told a U.S. Senate committee hearing on Wednesday she paid about $275,000 a year to insure her group of restaurants, only to ...
Jul 22, 2021
About 100 CIA officers, family members afflicted by ‘Havana Syndrome’ -CIA chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 100 CIA officers and family members are among some 200 U.S. officials and kin sickened by "Havana syndrome," CIA Director William Burns said on Thursday, referring to the ...
Jul 22, 2021
Health workers and actors on the red carpet at London premiere
LONDON (Reuters) - Actors, workers for Britain's National Health Service (NHS) and a flash mob all turned out for the premiere of comedy "Off the Rails" on Thursday, the first major red carpet event i...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. agency approves three airport security agreements with Amazon.com air unit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. agency said on Thursday it is permitting three airports to enter into security agreements with Amazon.com's Amazon Air unit that will allow the company to assume some sec...
Jul 22, 2021
Marsquakes reveal the anatomy of the Red Planet’s interior
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seismic waves from quakes detected by NASA's robotic InSight lander have helped scientists decipher the anatomy of Mars, including the first estimates of the size...
Jul 22, 2021
UK to launch daily COVID tests in food sector to tackle ‘pingdemic’
LONDON (Reuters) - Daily contact testing will be rolled out to workplaces in Britain's food sector so staff who have been 'pinged' by the COVID-19 app can keep working if they test negative rather tha...
Jul 22, 2021
