Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Phone camera may replace labs in novel testing approach; virus mutations linked to COVID-19 severity
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Dec 07, 2020
In a Lisbon bakery, Portugal’s president announces run for second term
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's announcement on Monday that he was running for office again in next month's election may have been long anticipated...
Dec 07, 2020
Honduras economy contracts record 10.5% due to virus, hurricanes: Hernandez
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on Monday that the Central American country's economy has contracted a record 10.5% in 2020 due to the impact of the coronavirus ...
Dec 07, 2020
Mexican inflation likely slowed in November to lowest level since June: Reuters Poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican annual consumer price inflation likely dipped in November to its lowest level in five months, as downward pressure on fruit and vegetable prices and a nationwide shoppi...
Dec 07, 2020
Georgia recertifies U.S. presidential election results, confirming Biden victory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgia recertified the state's results in the Nov. 3 presidential election on Monday, confirming that Democratic President-elect Joe Biden had won the state, according to a pre...
Dec 07, 2020
Exclusive: Online lender SoFi explores deal to go public – sources
By Joshua Franklin and David French (Reuters) - Online lending startup Social Finance Inc (SoFi) has held discussions with blank-check acquisition companies about a deal that would allow it to debut i...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. defends how it treats jailed Ghislaine Maxwell
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Prisons said Ghislaine Maxwell is being treated the same as other inmates at her Brooklyn jail, rejecting her lawyers' claim she was subj...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court hears World War Two-era Jewish property claims
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lingering legacy of World War Two reached the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday as the justices weighed two cases involving claims by Jews in Germany and Hunga...
Dec 07, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 281,253 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 14,636,914 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 174,387 from its previous count, and said that the numb...
Dec 07, 2020
Canada set to receive first doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine earlier than expected
By David Ljunggren and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will start receiving its first doses of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine before the end of December, sooner than expected, with millions mor...
Dec 07, 2020
