Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. deaths from COVID top 3,000 for third straight day
(Reuters) - U.S. deaths from COVID-19 topped 3,000 for a third straight day, with a record number of new infections on Thursday, just as the United States prepared to ship out nearly six million doses...
Dec 18, 2020
Canoeing, taekwondo, modern pentathlon earn 2023 European Games spots
(Reuters) - Canoeing, taekwondo and modern pentathlon won a spot at the Krakow-Malopolska 2023 European Games after the European Olympic Committees ratified their inclusion on Friday. The inclusion of...
Dec 18, 2020
More than 1.1 million ballots cast in early voting for Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 1.1 million Georgians have voted in twin U.S. Senate runoff elections that will determine which party controls that chamber of Congress, and with it the...
Dec 18, 2020
UN rights office calls on Thailand to amend royal insult law
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office called on Thailand on Friday to amend its lese majeste law which it said had been used against at least 35 activists - one as young as 16 - in...
Dec 18, 2020
Greek police detain Turk consular official on spy claim
ATHENS (Reuters) - Police in Greece have detained a Turkish consular official on suspicion of spying, a senior Greek source said on Friday, in a case likely to further strain troubled relations betwee...
Dec 18, 2020
UK PM Johnson says he hopes to avoid another lockdown for England
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he hoped that England would not need to go into a third lockdown after Christmas and follow Wales and Northern Ireland in imposin...
Dec 18, 2020
UK’s Johnson says EU trade deal looking difficult, but door is still open
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday trade talks with the European Union were "looking difficult" and there was a gap that needed to be bridged, but the door for furt...
Dec 18, 2020
English COVID infections sharply rise after three weeks of falls – survey
LONDON (Reuters) - The prevalence of COVID-19 cases in England has risen sharply and is back above 500,000 infections in the latest weekly data, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday, afte...
Dec 18, 2020
Futures flat as stimulus rally cools
By Ambar Warrick and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were flat on Friday as major indexes appeared set to take a breather from a series of strong gains, while anticipation of a c...
Dec 18, 2020
WhatsApp tests voice and video calls on desktop version – report
(Reuters) - Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has rolled out a beta version of its desktop app that features voice and video calls for the first time, according to a report by tech blog WABetaInfo...
Dec 18, 2020
