Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. CDC reports 275,386 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 14,041,436 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 219,187 cases from its previous count, and said that th...
Dec 04, 2020
Dish Network reaches $210 million telemarketing settlement
(Reuters) - Dish Network Corp has reached a $210 million settlement to resolve a long-running lawsuit by the U.S. government and four states accusing it of making millions of illegal telemarketing cal...
Dec 04, 2020
World championship battle down to three as Neuville crashes
MILAN (Reuters) - Hyundai's Thierry Neuville crashed out of world rally championship contention on Friday, leaving Toyota's Elfyn Evans and Sebastien Ogier as front-runners in a three-way title tussle...
Dec 04, 2020
New coronavirus infections in France remain on downward trend
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities on Friday reported 11,221 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 12,696 on Thursday and 12,459 last Friday. The total number of infect...
Dec 04, 2020
U.S. House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, but the legislation is not expected to advance further as lo...
Dec 04, 2020
Shields ready to fight in the ring, in the cage and for a cause
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Claressa Shields has scaled the Olympic peak, ruled over women's boxing but is looking for new mountains to climb by conquering the world of mixed martial arts, becoming t...
Dec 04, 2020
Italy to discuss on Monday plans to use resources from EU’s Recovery Fund
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's cabinet will meet on Dec. 7 to discuss the country's national recovery plan, a statement from the Prime Minister's office said on Friday. Rome is expected to receive more than...
Dec 04, 2020
NHL aiming for mid-January start to new season, reports say
(Reuters) - The National Hockey League (NHL) is targeting a mid-January start to its season that would wrap up the Stanley Cup Final in July, according to multiple media reports on Friday. According t...
Dec 04, 2020
Canada exercises option to buy 20 million more doses of Moderna vaccine
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has exercised its option to purchase an additional 20 million doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said on Friday. Anand also said FedEx ...
Dec 04, 2020
Factbox: Investigations facing the world’s biggest commodity traders
LONDON (Reuters) - Global energy trader Vitol SA settled probes by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) this week for oil bribes in Brazil, Ecu...
Dec 04, 2020
