Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colombia heads into 2021 with calls for quarantines to fight pandemic uptick
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - A holiday season uptick in coronavirus infections will give Colombia a rocky start to 2021, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz said on Thursday, while doctors called fo...
Dec 31, 2020
Times Square barricaded, quiet for New Year’s Eve
By Dan Fastenberg and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's Times Square was barricaded on Thursday, with only a handful of invited guests, including health care workers and others from ...
Dec 31, 2020
France’s new daily COVID-19 cases a little down but still close to 20,000
PARIS (Reuters) - The French health ministry reported 19,927 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours on Thursday, down from Wednesday's more than one-month high of 26,457 but still far from ...
Dec 31, 2020
SolarWinds hackers were able to access Microsoft source code: Microsoft blog post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The hacking group behind the SolarWinds compromise was able to break into Microsoft and access some of the company's source code, the firm said on Thursday. In a blog post, the ...
Dec 31, 2020
Brazil detects two cases of new coronavirus variant found in UK
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian lab said on Thursday it has detected two cases of the new coronavirus variant that has spread rapidly in Britain, and urged reinforcement of quarantine measures for t...
Dec 31, 2020
Theaters look to Bond and Black Widow to spark 2021 moviegoing
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movie theater operators, after a year of dismal ticket sales during the pandemic, are hoping a lineup of superheroes, fighter pilots and cinema's most famous s...
Dec 31, 2020
Mexico says fentanyl seizures up almost six-fold in 2020
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Seizures of fentanyl in Mexico rose almost six-fold this year, the government said on Thursday, amid more production of the dangerous synthetic opioid that has been blamed for ...
Dec 31, 2020
France to open city COVID-19 vaccination centres before start of February – minister
PARIS (Reuters) - Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Thursday France would open COVID-19 vaccination centres in cities before the start of February, amid growing criticism that the programme is rol...
Dec 31, 2020
Iran execution of man convicted of murder when 16 draws UN condemnation
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran executed a man on Thursday who had been convicted of murder 12 years ago when he was 16, a Western rights group said, drawing condemnation from the U.N. rights office which said...
Dec 31, 2020
SPACtacular: Blank-check firms hit the jackpot in 2020
By Nivedita Balu and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Blank-check firms - popularly known as SPACs - emerged as the most popular investment vehicles and the primary driving force behind a record year for initi...
Dec 31, 2020
