Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. government appeals judge’s order blocking TikTok restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday appealed a Dec. 7 order by a U.S. judge that blocked the U.S. Commerce Department from imposing restrictions on Chinese-owned short video-sharing a...
Dec 28, 2020
Report: Nets’ Dinwiddie partially tears ACL
Brooklyn Nets starter Spencer Dinwiddie partially tore his right anterior cruciate ligament and likely will miss the rest of the 2020-21 season, The Athletic reported Monday. The injury occurred in th...
Dec 28, 2020
U.S. COVID-19 deaths and new cases drop over Christmas week
(Reuters) - The United States recorded more than 15,000 deaths from COVID-19 and over 1.2 million new cases in the last week, though those numbers may be artificially low due to reporting gaps over th...
Dec 28, 2020
Britain reports record daily number of new coronavirus cases, topping 40,000
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 41,385 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, a daily record, as a rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates and the holiday weekend impacted th...
Dec 28, 2020
Pederson ‘fully confident’ he’ll coach Eagles in 2021
Doug Pederson has seen the Philadelphia Eagles muster all of four wins heading into their season finale. Although the Eagles are set to miss the playoffs for the second time in his tenure, Pederson sa...
Dec 28, 2020
Mexican president plays joke on media, bluffs over ending news conferences
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday played a trick on the media, pretending he was going to end the daily news conferences that he has used to pillory criti...
Dec 28, 2020
Lockheed Martin misses F-35 jet delivery target due to COVID-19
(Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp said on Monday it had missed its target to deliver 141 F-35 fighter jets to the United States and its allies in 2020, as it built 8% fewer jets after the coronavirus p...
Dec 28, 2020
Hungary receives 6,000 doses of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary has received 6,000 doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on his Facebook page on Monday, though it was unclear when or whether the shot ...
Dec 28, 2020
Swiss hand over remaining $150 million to U.S. from massive Ponzi scheme
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland will return $150 million from blocked Swiss bank accounts by the end of the year to the United States to be given to victims of convicted Ponzi scheme con artist Robert ...
Dec 28, 2020
Report: NBA veteran Young to play in China
NBA veteran Nick Young is headed to the Chinese Basketball Association to play with the Zhejiang Lions, The Athletic reported Monday. Young, 35, has been out of the NBA since a four-game stint with th...
Dec 28, 2020
