Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Report: Colts QB Rivers needs foot surgery after season
The toe injury that has bothered Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers the last two weeks will require offseason surgery to correct, NFL Network reported Sunday. Rivers, who turns 39 on Tuesday...
Dec 06, 2020
U.S. states scramble to curb COVID-19 without national leadership
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Individual U.S. states scrambled on Sunday to impose lockdowns to stem coronavirus spikes amid a lack of national leadership on how to curb infections until vaccines are widely av...
Dec 06, 2020
UK records 17,272 new COVID cases and 231 new deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 17,272 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, up from 15,539 a day earlier and raising the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to over 1...
Dec 06, 2020
South Africa urges quarantine after ‘super-spreader’ student parties
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa on Sunday urged school students who attended a series of end-of-year "Rage" parties to enter 10 days of quarantine after identifying four such parties as COVID-19 "s...
Dec 06, 2020
Turkey records 30,402 daily coronavirus cases
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey recorded 30,402 new coronavirus cases, including asymptomatic ones, over the past 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Sunday. The COVID-19 death toll rose by 195 in the ...
Dec 06, 2020
Italy’s COVID-19 death toll passes 60,000, with 564 new deaths
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 564 COVID-related deaths on Sunday, down from 662 a day earlier and taking the official toll since the outbreak began in February above 60,000, the health ministry said...
Dec 06, 2020
Indonesia receives first COVID vaccine from China’s Sinovac
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine from China on Sunday, President Joko Widodo said, as the government prepares a mass inoculation programme. Jokowi, as t...
Dec 06, 2020
Mastercard to investigate allegations against Pornhub
(Reuters) - Mastercard Inc said on Sunday it was investigating allegations against Pornhub.com following a newspaper column which said many videos posted on the adult website depicted child abuse. The...
Dec 06, 2020
Tabaré Vázquez: Humble oncologist who rose to be Uruguay’s president
By Fabian Werner MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Tabar Vzquez, an oncologist who became the first centre-left politician to be elected president of Uruguay and won popularity for a mix of pro-business policies...
Dec 06, 2020
Golf: Brilliant Bezuidenhout claims successive wins on European Tour
SUN CITY, South Africa (Reuters) - Home favourite Christiaan Bezuidenhout picked up back-to-back wins on the European Tour after a final round 69 proved enough for him to claim the South African Open ...
Dec 06, 2020
