Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. House will bring budget resolution to floor next week: Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives' Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said the House will take its first steps next week toward passing a new coronavirus aid bill when it debates budg...
Jan 28, 2021
A new White House under Biden: Discipline, diversity, dogs and social distancing
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the morning of Jan. 20, hours before Joe Biden arrived at the White House as the 46th U.S. president, a clear plexiglass shield was erected at...
Jan 28, 2021
South Carolina reports 2 South African variant COVID-19 cases, first in U.S.
(Reuters) - State health officials in South Carolina on Thursday said they found two cases of COVID-19 that were linked to a coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, the first cases of the ...
Jan 28, 2021
Marlins sign RHP Anthony Bass to two-year deal
Veteran right-hander Anthony Bass signed a two-year contract with the Miami Marlins, the team announced Thursday. Financial terms were not disclosed by the Marlins, however the deal includes a team op...
Jan 28, 2021
Team owner and former F1 driver Adrian Campos dies at 60
(Reuters) - Spanish motor racing team boss and former Minardi Formula One driver Adrian Campos, who helped compatriot and double world champion Fernando Alonso reach the top, has died aged 60. Campos ...
Jan 28, 2021
Islamic State ”deputy caliph” killed in Iraq: Prime Minister
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces have killed Abu Yaser al-Issawi, an Islamic State commander who had claimed to be the leader of the group in Iraq and its "deputy caliph", Iraqi Prime Minister ...
Jan 28, 2021
Canada to receive fewer Pfizer vaccine doses than expected in first quarter: media report
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will receive only 3.5 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, not the 4 million the country had expected, a reporter from Global News tweeted...
Jan 28, 2021
Portugal breaks daily records in COVID-19 cases and deaths
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal reported a record-breaking 303 COVID-19 deaths and 16,432 cases on Thursday, as it struggles to contain a crippling surge in cases over the past month. The country of 10 mi...
Jan 28, 2021
As coronavirus lockdown bites, poverty fuels Lebanese protests
SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) - Daoud Temsah has been out of a job for half a year. Before that he was earning barely $2 a day at a coffee shop in Lebanon's southern city of Sidon, until coronavirus lockdo...
Jan 28, 2021
More than half of world’s airline pilots no longer flying: survey
(Reuters) - More than half of the world's airline pilots are no longer flying for a living amid the plunge in demand during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey, and those that are stil...
Jan 28, 2021
