Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Special Report-China launches ‘gray-zone’ warfare to subdue Taiwan
By Yimou Lee, David Lague and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Months after eliminating a popular challenge to its rule in Hong Kong, China is turning to an even higher-stakes target: self-governing T...
Dec 10, 2020
S&P 500 futures rise on vaccine boost ahead of jobless claims
By Shriya Ramakrishnan (Reuters) - Futures tied to the S&P 500 and the Dow edged higher on Thursday as hopes for a swift roll out of a COVID-19 vaccine took the focus off a report that is likely to sh...
Dec 10, 2020
Soccer-From ex-partners to photographers, Maradona’s fortune has many claimants
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Lawyers are gearing up to do battle over the estate of Diego Maradona, estimated at between $10 million and $40 million and disputed by the soccer great's children, ex-partner...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. election year shaped by pandemic and Trump’s defiance
By James Oliphant (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential election was defined at first by a paralyzing coronavirus pandemic that upended traditional campaigning and then by President Donald Trump's frenzie...
Dec 10, 2020
FDA set to review Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON D.C.(WHTC-AM/FM) –An FDA committee is set to review an emergency request from Pfizer and BioNTech, filed on Nov. 20, 2020, to approve a COVID-19 vaccine. If approved, Pfizer officials...
Dec 10, 2020
270 million people face starvation, says WFP as it receives Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (Reuters) - Some 270 million people worldwide - equivalent to the combined populations of Germany, Britain, France and Italy - stand on the brink of starvation, the head of the United Nations' Wo...
Dec 10, 2020
Moderna begins study of COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Thursday it has dosed the first participant in a mid-to-late stage study testing its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in adolescents aged 12 to less than 18. (Reporting by Ma...
Dec 10, 2020
Trump admin revives oil leasing in California despite opposition
(Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday will hold a sale of oil and gas leases on federal land in California for the first time in eight years despite widespread opposition to the auction in ...
Dec 10, 2020
Cannabis review site Weedmaps agrees $1.5 billion deal to go public
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - WM Holding Company, a cannabis technology company which operates the online U.S. platform Weedmaps where users find and rate marijuana sellers, said on Thursday it has a...
Dec 10, 2020
Court rejects bid to stop Tesla felling trees for German plant
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court has rejected a bid by environmentalists to halt tree cutting at Tesla's proposed manufacturing site near Berlin, paving the way for the electric carmaker to procee...
Dec 10, 2020
