Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine remained active against S.Africa variant, effect reduced – lab study
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two COVID-19 vaccines from Chinese companies including Sinopharm triggered immunity against a highly transmissible coronavirus variant first found in South Africa, but their effect...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021
Tencent fires 100 employees, blacklists 37 firms in anti-graft campaign
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings Ltd on Wednesday named 37 companies it had blacklisted from future contracts and said it has fired more than 100 staff over embezzlement and bribery incidents. Te...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021
Three teens charged with murder in Denver fire that killed 5 Senegalese immigrants
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Two of three teenage boys will be tried as adults for charges of murder and arson in a Denver house fire that killed five Senegalese immigrants, including two young...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021
Mexico arrests 12 police for suspected involvement in massacre
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican officials have arrested 12 police officers for their suspected involvement in the massacre of 19 people in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas last month, state prosec...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021
Tom Brady merchandise sets sales record
Record-setting quarterback Tom Brady is at it again, this time without even lifting a finger. Fanatics, the NFL's official e-commerce partner, said the six-time Super Bowl champion, who is in his firs...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021
China looks to Winter Olympics as chance for rare soft power win amid COVID, rights concerns
By Gabriel Crossley BEIJING (Reuters) - The Winter Olympics, due to begin in one year, offer China a chance to show off its epidemic controls, dazzle with spectacle, and seize a publicity win on the w...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021
Rights groups, lawmakers urge reversal of Trump’s sanctions reprieve for Israeli magnate
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 30 Congolese and international human rights groups and several U.S. lawmakers have called on the Biden administration to reverse a last-minute move by th...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021
NHL shuts down Sabres, postpones games through Feb. 8
The Buffalo Sabres are on a COVID-19 pause and have postponed games -- four -- through Feb. 8, the league announced Tuesday. Further, the team's training facilities have been closed until further noti...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021
Veteran QB Ryan Fitzpatrick wants to play in 2021
Veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick wants to continue his career next season. The 38-year-old Fitzpatrick will be an unrestricted free agent after spending the past two seasons with the Miami Dolphin...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021
Basketball-Simmons included in Australia’s 24-man Olympic squad
(Reuters) - Philadelphia 76ers guard-forward Ben Simmons said it would be an "amazing honour" to represent Australia in this year's Olympic Games after being named in Basketball Australia's 24-man squ...
Syndicated Content Feb 02, 2021

