Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. gasoline prices reach 9-month high as refiners cut more output
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline prices hit a nine-month peak as drivers took to the roads on holiday travel, crude oil prices kept climbing and refiners further cut fuel producti...
Dec 30, 2020
Syrian state media says 28 killed in a bus ambush in Deir al-Zor
AMMAN (Reuters) - Twenty eight people were killed in a "terrorist" attack on a bus along a main highway in Syria's Deir Zor province that borders Iraq, Syrian state media said on Wednesday. There were...
Dec 30, 2020
NY jewelry wholesaler pleads guilty in $200 million Ponzi scheme targeting police, firefighters
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A suburban New York jewelry wholesaler pleaded guilty on Wednesday to fraud for running a $200 million Ponzi scheme targeting current and retired police office...
Dec 30, 2020
Turkish prosecutors indict Demirtas, others over Kobani protests – Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish prosecutors have prepared an indictment against 108 people, including jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, in connection with protests triggered by a militant at...
Dec 30, 2020
Report: Rams WR Kupp tests positive for COVID, out Sunday
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp will not play Sunday due to a positive COVID-19 test. Kupp was placed on the reserve/COVID list but the Rams had not disclosed whether Kupp was considered a ...
Dec 30, 2020
French government sees no immediate need for lockdown – spokesman
PARIS (Reuters) - France is not envisaging local lockdown measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic based on the current pace at which the disease is spreading, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said...
Dec 30, 2020
Golf-Masters delays ticketing process for 2021 – report
(Reuters) - The ticketing process for the 2021 Masters has been delayed as organisers of the year's first major seek a way to allow some spectators to return after holding the most recent edition with...
Dec 30, 2020
Analysis-No half measures and mind the gap: UK nod for AstraZeneca vaccine raises more questions
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - British health officials greenlighted the AstraZeneca and Oxford COVID-19 shot on Wednesday but also rebuffed one of their central claims: that a half-dose followe...
Dec 30, 2020
Study suggests Italy’s COVID-19 death toll is higher than reported
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy's coronavirus death toll is probably considerably higher than reported, statistics bureau ISTAT said on Wednesday in an analysis pointing to thousands of fataliti...
Dec 30, 2020
Indian state bans Islamic schools, drawing criticism
By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - An Indian state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party on Wednesday passed a law abolishing all Islamic schools, saying they provi...
Dec 30, 2020
