Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexican families scale down Christmas celebrations as pandemic ravages Mexico
By Luis Cortes and Gustavo Graf MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Families across Mexico scaled down Christmas festivities to avoid the spread of coronavirus, while others spent the holiday alone after having l...
Dec 25, 2020
China reports 20 new COVID-19 cases vs 14 a day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mainland China recorded 20 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 25, up from 14 cases the previous day, the country's health authority said on Saturday. The National Health Commission said i...
Dec 25, 2020
U.S. federal judge again delays execution of lone woman on death row
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge said that the Justice Department broke the law when it rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row last month, potentially pushing her ...
Dec 25, 2020
China to leapfrog U.S. as world’s biggest economy by 2028 – think tank
LONDON (Reuters) - China will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countr...
Dec 25, 2020
Frenchman has tested positive for new coronavirus variant
PARIS (Reuters) - A Frenchman who recently arrived back in France from London has tested positive for the new variant of the coronavirus, the French Health Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The ...
Dec 25, 2020
Mexico arrests 4 people over 2018 crash that killed Puebla governor
By Noe Torres MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Friday they detained four people in connection with a helicopter crash two years ago that killed the governor of the central state of ...
Dec 25, 2020
Brazil coronavirus death toll hits 190,000
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 22,967 additional cases of the new coronavirus and 482 related deaths in the prior 24 hours, according to data from the country's Health Ministry on Friday...
Dec 25, 2020
BBC says obtained full copy of post-Brexit trade deal
(Reuters) - The BBC reported late on Friday that it has obtained the full copy of the post-Brexit trade deal agreed by the United Kingdom and European Union. The 1,246-page document includes about 800...
Dec 25, 2020
NBA-Celtics legend K.C. Jones dead at 88
(Reuters) - K.C. Jones, one of the most dominant forces in basketball history who won eight NBA champions as a player and four as a coach, died on Friday. He was 88. In NBA history, only his Boston Ce...
Dec 25, 2020
Mexico says 42,900 doses of Pfizer vaccine en route to country
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - A total of 42,900 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine are en route to Mexico from Belgium, Mexico's foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday on Twitter. The doses ar...
Dec 25, 2020
