Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rahm moves into tie for Masters lead in second round
By Andrew Both AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Spanish world number two Jon Rahm moved into a tie for the lead in the delayed second round of the Masters on Saturday, taking advantage of ideal morning condit...
Nov 14, 2020
Johnson & Johnson, U.S. government expand pact to support next phase of COVID-19 vaccine R&D
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have expanded an agreement to support the next phase of COVID-19 vaccine candidate research and development, the comp...
Nov 14, 2020
Polisario leader says Western Sahara ceasefire with Morocco is over
ALGIERS/RABAT (Reuters) - The leader of the Polisario Front, Western Sahara's independence movement, said on Saturday the group had ended a 29-year ceasefire with Morocco to resume its armed struggle ...
Nov 14, 2020
Paris boulevards deserted as lockdown claims Christmas shopping trade
By Ardee Napolitano PARIS (Reuters) - Boarded-up windows outside flagship branches of department stores Galeries Lafayette and Printemps bore testimony on Saturday to the impact of a COVID-19 lockdown...
Nov 14, 2020
Armenians set fire to homes before handing village over to Azerbaijan
CHAREKTAR, Azerbaijan (Reuters) - Still wearing the camouflage fatigues in which he had fought against Azeri forces a week earlier, Arsen, an ethnic Armenian, lit a fire on Saturday under his sister's...
Nov 14, 2020
Philippines’ Duterte absolves police chief over lockdown birthday party
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday cleared his newly appointed police chief of any violation of rules when he celebrated his birthday in May during one of the world's ...
Nov 14, 2020
Germany plans 22 billion euros in COVID aid for companies in first half of 2021, sources say
By Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany expects to pay out 22 billion euros ($26 billion) in COVID-19 relief aid from January through June 2021 to companies and self-employed people, people close ...
Nov 14, 2020
Singh pulls out of Masters due to illness
(Reuters) - Fiji's Vijay Singh has withdrawn from the ongoing Masters at Augusta National due to illness, organisers said on Saturday. The three-times Major winner, who shot a first-round 75, was eigh...
Nov 14, 2020
Iran to tighten COVID-19 restrictions next Saturday, Rouhani says
(Reuters) - Iran will impose stricter restrictions from next Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani said on state television, as the Middle East country hardest hit by the virus battles a third wave of CO...
Nov 14, 2020
China regulator says financial innovation must not create oligopolies
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China should ensure financial innovation maintains fair competition and does not create oligopolies or construct barriers to entry, a Chinese regulatory official said Saturday. Xi...
Nov 14, 2020
