Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexican president sees main COVID-19 vaccinations done by April
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that the main part of the vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus in Mexico will have be completed by Apr...
Dec 31, 2020
BTS wraps up record-breaking year with New Year’s Eve online concert
By Joyce Lee GOYANG, South Korea (Reuters) - Global K-Pop sensation BTS celebrated New Year's Eve with an online concert on Thursday along with other K-pop groups from its management agency Big Hit En...
Dec 31, 2020
IAG rejigs board after Brexit deal, British Airways gets $2.7 billion loan
(Reuters) - Airline group IAG revamped its board to ensure a majority of independent non-executive directors are from the European Union and rolled out plans to comply with ownership rules of the econ...
Dec 31, 2020
Moderna to supply 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to South Korea
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc on Thursday confirmed it will supply 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the South Korean government, with deliveries starting in May. The vaccine, which is authorized ...
Dec 31, 2020
Trump to forgo New Year’s Eve in Florida for early return to Washington
By Jeff Mason WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday was due to fly back to Washington a day earlier than planned, as he continued his fight with Congress over a defe...
Dec 31, 2020
Brexit brings sadness for the shopkeepers of Calais
CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Shopkeepers in the French port of Calais expressed sadness on Thursday in the hours before Britain's final exit from the European Union. After clinching a last-gasp trade de...
Dec 31, 2020
Tennis-Murray pulls out of Delray Beach Open citing COVID-19 concerns
(Reuters) - Andy Murray has pulled out of the season-opening Delray Beach Open in Florida next week to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 ahead of the Australian Open in February. Murray, who mis...
Dec 31, 2020
Rallying-Dakar racers ready for Saudi desert after COVID quarantine
(Reuters) - The Dakar Rally, the first major motorsport event of 2021, heads into the dunes and remote deserts of Saudi Arabia in a bivouac 'bubble' this weekend. All participants in the gruelling eve...
Dec 31, 2020
Fireworks explode over empty streets as 2020 slinks away into history
(Reuters) - The Sydney Opera House fireworks soared into the sky, but the harbour below was empty as a ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed. No light show will il...
Dec 31, 2020
China reports first case of new coronavirus variant – CDC publication
(Reuters) - China has detected its first imported case of the new coronavirus variant that is spreading rapidly around Britain, according to a publication run by the Chinese Center for Disease Control...
Dec 31, 2020
