Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Surging pandemic has Ontario close to cancelling non-essential surgeries again
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario will likely have to suspend non-essential surgeries again starting in two weeks, as surging coronavirus cases fill hospital intensive care units (ICU), a...
Nov 12, 2020
France confirms death of soldier in Egypt peace-keeping mission
PARIS (Reuters) - France confirmed on Thursday that one of its soldiers operating in the U.S.-led Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Egyptian Sinai had been killed in a helicopter crash, t...
Nov 12, 2020
COVID-19 fatality rate down 30% since April: study finds
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The likelihood that a coronavirus infection will prove fatal has dropped by nearly a third since April due to improved treatment, researchers at the University of Washingt...
Nov 12, 2020
Undaunted by pandemic, Bavarian innkeeper opens drive-through Christmas market
LANDSHUT, Germany (Reuters) - Refusing to allow coronavirus to steal his Christmas, one Bavarian innkeeper has opened a drive-through Christmas market, complete with artificial snow that falls as you ...
Nov 12, 2020
Candles and condemnation as thousands mourn death of Belarus protester
KYIV (Reuters) - Thousands of people carrying candles and flowers gathered in Minsk on Thursday to mourn the death of a 31-year-old anti-government protester who they say was badly beaten by Belarusia...
Nov 12, 2020
Pennsylvania officials ask judge to toss Trump lawsuit over election results
By Makini Brice and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Thursday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by U.S. President Donald Trump's...
Nov 12, 2020
Wayward DeChambeau escapes with an opening 70
By Andrew Both AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) - Bryson DeChambeau smashed his tee shots massive distances but found his share of trouble en route to a two-under-par 70 in the opening round at the Masters on T...
Nov 12, 2020
U.S. government appeals order blocking TikTok ban from taking effect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it had appealed a Pennsylvania judge's Oct. 30 order that blocked the government from imposing restrictions on Chinese-owned TikTok ...
Nov 12, 2020
Factbox: What Twitter said worked – and didn’t – in its U.S. election measures
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Thursday released data for the first time on the effectiveness of measures introduced to combat U.S. election misinformation, including labels it appl...
Nov 12, 2020
Zuckerberg says Bannon has not violated enough policies for suspension: recording
By Katie Paul PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had not violated enough of the com...
Nov 12, 2020
