Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. coronavirus expert Fauci criticises UK over swift approval of Pfizer vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - Anthony Fauci, the U.S. infectious diseases expert, criticised UK regulators on Thursday for the swift approval of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19, a day after that approval was...
Dec 03, 2020
Colombia has drawn $5.4 billion from flexible credit line, IMF says
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has drawn $5.4 billion from its flexible credit line with the International Monetary Fund, the body said on Thursday, which the country will use to help mitigate the impact...
Dec 03, 2020
Sharp fall in Irish COVID-19 cases has likely ended: official
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A sharp fall in COVID-19 cases in Ireland is likely to stall following the ending on Dec. 1 of six weeks of strict lockdown, a senior health official said on Thursday. "I wouldn't e...
Dec 03, 2020
Storms that slammed Central America in 2020 just a preview, climate change experts say
By Sarah Marsh and Sofia Menchu HAVANA/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Villagers in Guatemala's Mayan hillside hamlet Sanimtaca had been about to harvest their cardamom crops that take three years to grow ...
Dec 03, 2020
United Airlines says will be first to receive 737 MAX delivery
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines expects to be the first airline to receive a Boeing Co 737 MAX delivery following a 20-month grounding of the jet, a spokesman said on Thursday. The delivery should...
Dec 03, 2020
Romanian cobbler makes size-75 winter boots to stamp out COVID-19
CLUJ, Romania (Reuters) - A Romanian cobbler who made giant shoes to help keep people apart during the first wave of COVID-19 has come up with a new line of huge winter boots to stamp out the second o...
Dec 03, 2020
Warner Bros to stream next year’s movies while they are in theaters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - AT&T Inc's Warner Bros studio on Thursday announced that it will make all of its 2021 films available in theaters and on the HBO Max streaming service starting on the same day,...
Dec 03, 2020
Senate vote likely next week on blocking Trump’s massive UAE arms sale
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he expected lawmakers would vote as soon as next week on resolutions seeking to block R...
Dec 03, 2020
High-speed internet lines to surge in Europe as virus boosts demand: study
MILAN (Reuters) - The number of high speed fibre optic broadband lines in Europe is expected to more than double over the next six years from last year's levels as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates de...
Dec 03, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 272,525 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 13,822,249 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 196,227 cases from its previous count, and said that ...
Dec 03, 2020
