Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexico reports 5,931 new coronavirus cases, 551 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Health Ministry on Friday reported 5,931 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 551 additional fatalities, bringing the country's total to 955,128 cases and ...
Nov 06, 2020
Swimming: “Super Fish” Perkins named Swimming Australia president
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Twice Olympic gold medallist Kieran Perkins has taken over Australia's swimming programme in the lead-up to next year's Tokyo Games. Perkins, who won back-to-back 1,500 metres fr...
Nov 06, 2020
UK’s Johnson, Sunak agree to extend universal credit benefit: The Times
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak have agreed in principle to extend a 20 pound($26.31) weekly increase in universal credit for 6 million people at a co...
Nov 06, 2020
Horse racing: Baffert’s Improbable battles stacked field at Breeders’ Cup
(Reuters) - Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's Improbable is the early favourite to win the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland racetrack in Lexington but will have to overcome a strong fie...
Nov 06, 2020
Brazilian telecoms snub U.S. official over Huawei 5G pressure: media
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's top four telecom companies have decide not to meet with a visiting senior U.S. official who has advocated excluding China's Huawei Technologies Co from the Brazilian 5G e...
Nov 06, 2020
Biden expected to appoint Gensler to advise on Wall Street oversight: WSJ
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, who appeared to be closing in on an election victory, is expected to tap former derivatives market regulator Gary Ge...
Nov 06, 2020
U.N. panel urges Iran to speed investigation of downed jet
(Reuters) - A governing panel at the United Nations' aviation agency urged Iran on Friday to accelerate an investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January, while an Iranian official ...
Nov 06, 2020
AT&T appoints former FCC head as board chairman
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc on Friday named former U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) head William Kennard as chairman of the wireless carrier's board, effective January 2021. Kennard, who joined t...
Nov 06, 2020
Argentina ‘could receive’ 750,000 doses of eventual Pfizer vaccine: Fernandez
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina President Alberto Fernandez said on Friday his country could receive 750,000 doses of an eventual coronavirus vaccine from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer ...
Nov 06, 2020
Motorycling: Rossi OK to race but Yamaha boss goes into quarantine
(Reuters) - MotoGP great Valentino Rossi was cleared to race in the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Friday after recovering from COVID-19 but his factory Yamaha team were hit by another outbreak of...
Nov 06, 2020
