Author Archives: Syndicated Content
First Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive in Canada on Sunday – official
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The first doses of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Canada later on Sunday, with more of the initial batch of 30,000 coming on Monday, the official in charge of Canada's...
Dec 13, 2020
Iran controls oil pipeline spillage, fire in southwest
DUBAI (Reuters) - A pipeline carrying crude oil to Iran's second largest refinery ruptured and burst into flames on Sunday, but the spillage and the blaze were brought under control, Iranian news agen...
Dec 13, 2020
UK reports 18,447 new COVID-19 cases, 144 deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported on Sunday 18,447 cases of coronavirus and 144 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, marking a decline on Saturday's tallies, according to government data. (Repo...
Dec 13, 2020
Motor racing-Verstappen wins from pole in Abu Dhabi
(Reuters) - Max Verstappen won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix from pole position for Red Bull on Sunday. Champions Mercedes completed the podium places in a processional race with ...
Dec 13, 2020
U.S. expects to have immunized 100 million against COVID-19 by end of first-quarter 2021: Slaoui
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expects to have immunized 100 million people with the coronavirus vaccine by the end of the first quarter of 2021, the chief U.S. adviser for efforts on COVID-...
Dec 13, 2020
China moon probe begins journey back to Earth
(Reuters) - A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon has begun its journey back to Earth, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, putting China on course to become the fi...
Dec 13, 2020
Parents pray for hundreds of students kidnapped in Nigeria’s Katsina
KANKARA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Parents converged on a secondary school in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina state on Sunday, begging authorities to save hundreds of boys abducted by gunmen. The army had ex...
Dec 13, 2020
Spain could develop coronavirus herd immunity by end of summer 2021, minister says
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain should achieve herd immunity from COVID-19 by the end of summer 2021 if enough people are vaccinated by then, the health minister said in an interview published on Sunday. Sal...
Dec 13, 2020
Italy plans primrose-shaped gazebos for COVID-19 vaccine campaign
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy plans to set up primrose-shaped pavilions in its artistic squares to dispense vaccines against the highly contagious disease caused by the novel coronavirus during a campaign t...
Dec 13, 2020
New COVID-19 cases in Netherlands jump by almost 10,000 – data
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus infections in the Netherlands has jumped by almost 10,000 in the past 24 hours, data released by national health authoriites showed on Sunday, marki...
Dec 13, 2020
