Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hospitals under pressure as COVID-19 cases surge in Swedish capital
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hospitals in the Swedish capital are struggling to cope with a surge in new cases of COVID-19 after seeing an increase of around 75 patients requiring hospital care since the end...
Nov 09, 2020
Dining with Biden: Beijing restaurant recalls visit from U.S. president-elect
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing restaurant owner congratulated her "old friend" and one-time customer Joe Biden on Monday after the U.S. Democratic candidate emerged victorious in...
Nov 09, 2020
Gerry Anderson puppets, collected by studio driver, go to auction
LONDON (Reuters) - A treasure trove of models and puppets from "Thunderbirds" creator Gerry Anderson's TV shows and commercials that was salvaged and stored away for 30 years by a driver at the produc...
Nov 09, 2020
Italy reports 25,271 coronavirus cases, 356 deaths: health ministry
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has registered 25,271 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday, down from 32,616 on Sunday. The ministry also reported 356 COVID-rel...
Nov 09, 2020
Sao Paulo starts building production plant for China’s Sinovac vaccine: governor
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian state of So Paulo has begun building a facility to produce 100 million doses a year of China's Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19, which will be ready by September ne...
Nov 09, 2020
Mexico president sees no beef with Biden, waits to send congratulations
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president on Monday reiterated he would not recognize the U.S. presidential election winner until pending legal disputes are resolved, but said he had no problem with ...
Nov 09, 2020
City of Milwaukee, Bucks’ Brown reach settlement: report
Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the city of Milwaukee settled a lawsuit for unlawful arrest and excessive force stemming from an event involving police officers and Brown in 2018, according to a letter...
Nov 09, 2020
Over 80,000 have applied for Michigan’s Futures for Frontliners scholarship program
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – State officials say in the few weeks since they announced their Futures for Frontliners scholarship program, over 80,000 Michigan residents have signed up to receive f...
Nov 09, 2020
Zoom to enhance security as part of proposed U.S. settlement with FTC
By Susan Heavey and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc must implement a new information security program as part of its proposed settlement with U.S. regulators over use...
Nov 09, 2020
Slovakia says COVID double-testing cut number of infections by more than half
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia's coronavirus testing and quarantine scheme, running over the past two weekends, has helped cut the proportion of infections by more than half, Prime Minister Igor Matovic ...
Nov 09, 2020
