Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll hits record for tenth consecutive day – ministry
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's daily COVID-19 death toll hit a record high for a tenth consecutive day on Wednesday, with 193 fatalities in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed. President Tayyi...
Dec 02, 2020
North America seeing record-setting daily COVID-19 cases, says WHO regional director
BRASILIA (Reuters) - COVID-19 deaths in the Americas have increased nearly 30% in November compared to the end of October, while North America seeing record-setting daily cases registered, World Healt...
Dec 02, 2020
NYC man who threatened death for Biden supporters pleads not guilty to federal charges
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - (Note language in sixth paragraph.) A New York City man pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges he posted threats online urging the "extermination" of Democ...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. employers could mandate a COVID-19 vaccine, but are unlikely to do so: experts
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but are unlikely to do so because of the risks of legal and cult...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. health agency shortens quarantine recommendations following coronavirus exposure
By Manas Mishra and Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday said it was recommending shorter self-quarantine periods after potential exposure ...
Dec 02, 2020
UK reports 16,170 new COVID-19 cases, 648 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 16,170 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday and 648 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus, according to official data. Tuesday's data had ...
Dec 02, 2020
Shell begins permanent shutdown of Convent, Louisiana, refinery
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc began the permanent shutdown of its 211,146 barrel-per-day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana refinery, the company said on Tuesday. Sources familiar with...
Dec 02, 2020
Ardern declares climate emergency, pledges carbon neutral New Zealand government
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic move that critics said ne...
Dec 02, 2020
Motor racing: Bird hoping to fly high on fresh start with Jaguar
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Sam Bird is the only driver to have won a race in every Formula E season so far but, after six years in the electric series, the Briton wants much more as he prepare...
Dec 02, 2020
1,000 fans allowed to attend Joshua v Pulev fight in London
LONDON (Reuters) - A crowd of 1,000 will be allowed to attend Anthony Joshua's world heavyweight title defence against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev at London's Wembley Arena on Dec. 12, organisers said on W...
Dec 02, 2020
