Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exxon to cut up to 300 jobs in Canada
(Reuters) - U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday it plans to reduce up to 300 positions in Canada as part of an ongoing cost-cut plan due to a coronavirus-driven slump in oil prices. Redu...
Nov 25, 2020
Turkey announces asymptomatic coronavirus case numbers for first time since July
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey recorded 28,351 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 6,814 with symptoms, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, the first time since July Ankar...
Nov 25, 2020
All-Star Game postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic
(Reuters) - The NBA All-Star game scheduled for Feb. 12-14 in Indianapolis has been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled for 2024, the league said on Wednesday. "While we are dis...
Nov 25, 2020
Women call for end to domestic violence after lockdowns bring more attacks
ISTANBUL/ROME (Reuters) - Women around the world on Wednesday marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, highlighting how lockdowns due to the pandemic had left many trapp...
Nov 25, 2020
Dutch researchers preparing for ‘human challenge’ COVID-19 vaccine trial
(Reuters) - Researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands are preparing for a potential "human challenge" trial in which volunteers are deliberately infected with the new coro...
Nov 25, 2020
France new COVID-19 cases surge, deaths also mount
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported a new surge in confirmed COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours along with another rise in deaths, according to data published from the country's health ministry on We...
Nov 25, 2020
AAA reminds citizens Thanksgiving is the most dangerous day for home fires
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — With Thanksgiving on the horizon, officials with AAA are reminding residents that the holiday is the most dangerous day for home fires. In addition, officials note co...
Nov 25, 2020
Steelers and Ravens game moved to Sunday after positive tests
(Reuters) - Positive COVID-19 tests from a number of Baltimore Ravens players have forced a Thanksgiving Day game with the unbeaten Pittsburgh Steelers to be moved to Sunday, the National Football Lea...
Nov 25, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 259,005 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 12,498,734 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 165,282 from its previous count, and said that the n...
Nov 25, 2020
Amazon’s cloud service experiencing widespread outage
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's widely used cloud service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is experiencing an outage, the company said on Wednesday. "Kinesis has been experiencing increased error rates this m...
Nov 25, 2020
