Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France to receive first Pfizer/Biontech COVID vaccines by December 30: PM
PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex told parliament on Wednesday that he expects that France will receive the first 1,160,000 doses of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine against COVID-19 by D...
Dec 16, 2020
Nigeria expects to get its first COVID-19 vaccine doses in January
By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria expects to receive its first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in January, the country's health minister said on Wednesday, but officials do not yet know which one t...
Dec 16, 2020
Sudan says officers ambushed by Ethiopian ‘forces and militias’ during patrol
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's armed forces said on Wednesday that a number of its officers had been ambushed by "Ethiopian forces and militias" during a security patrol of the border region. "During th...
Dec 16, 2020
U.S. charges Kenyan militant with researching 9/11-style airplane hijacking
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged a Kenya-born militant with terrorism-related offenses, including conspiring to hijack aircraft for a 9/11-s...
Dec 16, 2020
Wild re-sign G Hammond to one-year deal
The Minnesota Wild have signed goaltender Andrew Hammond to a one-year, two-way contract, general manager Bill Guerin announced Wednesday. The two-way contract is worth $700,000 at the NHL level and $...
Dec 16, 2020
China moon probe lands back on Earth -state media
(Reuters) - China's Chang'e-5 moon probe has landed in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, the official Xinhua news agency reported, completing its return to Earth and bringing back the fir...
Dec 16, 2020
Ecuador prepares for COVID-19 vaccination campaign with private sector
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador plans to vaccinate some 9 million people against COVID-19 between March and September by partnering with private sector health providers to distribute doses from various vacc...
Dec 16, 2020
UK reports 25,161 new COVID-19 cases, 612 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded 25,161 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and 612 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus, according to official data. Tuesday's data had sho...
Dec 16, 2020
Biden to tap Brenda Mallory to lead White House environment council -sources
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick Brenda Mallory, current head of regulatory affairs at the green advocacy group Southern Environmental Law Center, to lead the White House Coun...
Dec 16, 2020
Citigroup urges return of mistaken Revlon payment as trial ends
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc made a final push on Wednesday to persuade a federal judge to force lenders of Revlon Inc to return half a billion dollars of its own money that ...
Dec 16, 2020
