Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Former Rangers, Lightning F Callahan announces retirement
Ryan Callahan announced his retirement from the NHL on Wednesday morning. The former Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Rangers forward was diagnosed with a degenerative back disease last year. He spent...
Dec 30, 2020
Manziel set for comeback in Fan Controlled Football
The return of Johnny Football is near, and fans from Cleveland to College Station can tell the former Heisman Trophy winner where to go. Johnny Manziel has signed on as part of the Fan Controlled Foot...
Dec 30, 2020
Biden picks Hicks to be first female deputy defense secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Kathleen Hicks to be his deputy defense secretary, making her the first woman to hold the position if she is confirmed by the Se...
Dec 30, 2020
Swiss drugs regulator says no link between COVID-19 vaccine, death of 91-year-old
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugs regulator swissmedic on Wednesday said it saw no connection between the death of a 91-year-old person in the canton of Lucerne and the COVID-19 vaccination, adding the d...
Dec 30, 2020
UK PM Johnson signs Brexit trade deal
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed the post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Wednesday, adding his signature to that of EU chiefs after the document was flown f...
Dec 30, 2020
Explainer-How does AstraZeneca’s vaccine compare with Pfizer-BioNTech?
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford University's home-grown UK COVID-19 vaccine, adding an easy-to-manage shot to the arse...
Dec 30, 2020
Brazil’s Fiocruz to request emergency use approval for AstraZeneca vaccine
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Fiocruz biomedical institute will apply for emergency use authorization for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, the country's health regulator Anvisa said on Wednesday. In a ...
Dec 30, 2020
U.S. blacklists two Venezuelan officials over former Citgo executives’ trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a Venezuelan judge and a prosecutor over their roles in the trial of six former executives of U.S. refiner Citgo sentenced to ...
Dec 30, 2020
Russia to supply Bolivia with 2.6 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian sovereign RDIF fund and Bolivia have signed a deal on the supply of 2.6 million doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, RDIF said in a statement on Wednesday. It added t...
Dec 30, 2020
Swiss police probe 12 Brits suspected of fleeing ski resort quarantine
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss police said on Wednesday they are investigating 12 cases in which British tourists ignored quarantine orders aimed at containing new COVID-19 virus variants aft...
Dec 30, 2020
