Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Evacuated amid COVID-19, Canadian First Nation waits for clean water
By Jack Graham TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When an oily sheen was discovered on the surface of the local water reservoir in October, Canada's Neskantaga First Nation was forced to close off...
Nov 18, 2020
Sweden to allow more distance learning at high schools as COVID cases rise
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's high schools will be able to conduct more distance learning from next week to help control the pandemic, the government said on Wednesday, though it encouraged them to r...
Nov 18, 2020
Analysis: U.S. manufacturing is booming – but not for these guys
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - Jim Kirsh initially thought his family-owned foundry in southeastern Wisconsin might stay busy during the pandemic. Kirsh Foundry Inc, a cluster of buildings nestled in B...
Nov 18, 2020
Half of Republicans say Biden won because of a ‘rigged’ election: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn (Reuters) - About half of all Republicans believe President Donald Trump "rightfully won" the U.S. election but that it was stolen from him by widespread voter fraud that favored Democra...
Nov 18, 2020
EU drug regulator says it received data from Pfizer on COVID vaccine large-scale trial
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency said on Wednesday that Pfizer and BioNTech had submitted data from large-scale trial of their potential COVID-19 vaccine for the agency's rolling rev...
Nov 18, 2020
Iran registers 13,421 new coronavirus cases, taking total past 800,000: TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran registered 13,421 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, a new daily record, the health ministry said on Wednesday, bringing the country's overall tally to 801,894. Mi...
Nov 18, 2020
Swiss report 6,114 new coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - Coronavirus infections rose by 6,114 in a day, data from Swiss health authorities showed on Wednesday. The total number of confirmed cases in Switzerland and neighbouring principality Liec...
Nov 18, 2020
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Global daily deaths cross record The number of reported global daily deaths from the coronavirus stood at 10,816 on Tuesday, a...
Nov 18, 2020
Wirecard creditors claim at least 12.5 billion euros
MUNICH (Reuters) - Creditors to the collapsed German payments company Wirecard are making claims of at least 12.5 billion euros ($14.85 billion), a German court said on Wednesday. The claims to the Wi...
Nov 18, 2020
Spain authorises Phase III trial of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's medicines agency authorised the launch of late-stage trials of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday as the race to develop successful vaccines intensifies. The ...
Nov 18, 2020
