Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rockets land near Erbil airport, Iraqi Kurdish security sources say
SULAIMANIYA/MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Three rockets launched near Erbil International Airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq were intercepted mid-air and a fourth landed near the headqu...
Sep 30, 2020
Trump says ‘Proud Boys’ should let law enforcement do its work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that an organization identified as a hate group should let law enforcement do its work and added that he does not know who the Prou...
Sep 30, 2020
U.S. Senate’s McConnell condemns white supremacists ‘in the strongest possible way’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that he condemns white supremacists in the "strongest possible way." McConnell had been asked about President Donald T...
Sep 30, 2020
Neanderthal genes linked to severe COVID-19; Mosquitoes cannot transmit the coronavirus
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Sep 30, 2020
Moderna says seeking approval for COVID-19 vaccine not possible before U.S. elections: USFT
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Wednesday it will not be ready to apply for emergency approval for its potential COVID-19 vaccine before the U.S. presidential elections in November, the Financial Time...
Sep 30, 2020
U.S. Senate aims to pass temporary government funding bill on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will give final approval later on Wednesday to a temporary federal government funding bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, which would avert govern...
Sep 30, 2020
Exclusive: Marathon Petroleum cutting at least 6% of refinery staff at nine U.S. plants
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Marathon Petroleum Corp's oil-refining unit is cutting at least 6% of its staff, according to people familiar with the matter, demonstrating the depth of declining fu...
Sep 30, 2020
Three Portuguese immigration officers charged over fatal beating of Ukrainian traveller
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Three Portuguese immigration officers have been charged with murder over the fatal beating of a Ukrainian man detained at Lisbon airport for trying to enter the c...
Sep 30, 2020
Alphabet Inc’s Google launches Google TV, new Chromecast
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday launched Google TV, which would show content from streaming services including Netflix Inc and Walt Disney Co's Disney+. The tech giant also unveiled a n...
Sep 30, 2020
AbbVie withdraws uterine fibroids drug from Canada
(Reuters) - AbbVie Inc said on Wednesday it was voluntarily withdrawing its drug to treat noncancerous growths in the uterus from the Canadian market, following reports of severe liver injury. The dec...
Sep 30, 2020
