Author Archives: Syndicated Content
At Thalys attack trial, passengers recount stopping gunman with bare hands
By Tangi Salan PARIS (Reuters) - Two French citizens described to a court in Paris on Thursday how they used their bare hands to disarm and immobilise an Islamist gunman in an attack on a high-speed t...
Nov 19, 2020
Santa, barred from malls and chimneys, enters homes via interactive video
(Reuters) - Santa cannot sit with kids in shopping malls this year, but they can still tell him their Christmas wishlist in a video chat at home. Technology company Storyfile has come up with an artif...
Nov 19, 2020
EU leaders to discuss Polish, Hungarian veto of recovery plan, no solution seen yet
By Joanna Plucinska and Krisztina Than BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will discuss the Polish and Hungarian veto of the EU's 1.8 trillion euro financial plan to recover from the recession...
Nov 19, 2020
CDC recommends Americans don’t travel for Thanksgiving
By Rebecca Spalding and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it recommends Americans do not travel during the Thanksgiving holiday next week to mitig...
Nov 19, 2020
Jaguars designate CB Hayden for return from IR
The Jacksonville Jaguars cleared nickelback D.J. Hayden for return to practice on Thursday after a stay on injured reserve with a hamstring injury. The move opens a 21-day practice window for the team...
Nov 19, 2020
Over 500 fishermen hit by mysterious skin disease in Senegal
DAKAR (Reuters) - More than five hundred fishermen in Senegal have contracted a mysterious skin disease after returning from sea, a senior government health official said on Thursday. The men, who com...
Nov 19, 2020
Death toll from Iota slowly rises in Central America amid ongoing rescue efforts
By Gustavo Palencia and Ismael Lopez TEGUCIGALPA/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The death toll from storm Iota is slowly rising in Central America as authorities on Thursday said they'd recovered more bodies...
Nov 19, 2020
Exclusive: EU Commission to intervene in tech, carmakers’ patent dispute – document
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission plans to step into the patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers and may set up a system to check whether some patents are essent...
Nov 19, 2020
As COVID toll among Kenyan doctors jumps, one widow shares her grief
By Baz Ratner and Maggie Fick KHUMUSALABA, Kenya (Reuters) - When Daniel Alushula began gasping for air after contracting COVID-19 last month, all the intensive care beds in his home town hospital wer...
Nov 19, 2020
Round the world on an electric boat: Briton commemorates Magellan
SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) - British navigator Jimmy Cornell set sail from Seville in Spain on Thursday to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the first voyage around the world - this time on an electr...
Nov 19, 2020
