Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fauci says first U.S. COVID-19 vaccines could ship late December or early January
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - If all goes well, the first doses of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will likely become available to some high-risk Americans in late December or earl...
Oct 29, 2020
Bank of Canada keeps some dry powder as Ottawa spends
By Julie Gordon and Fergal Smith OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem sees the benefit of sticking with increased government spending to support an economy that has been ham...
Oct 29, 2020
White Sox announce La Russa as new manager
Tony La Russa is back with the team he started with as the Chicago White Sox tabbed the Hall of Famer as their new manager on Thursday. La Russa, four-time Manager of the Year, is the third-winningest...
Oct 29, 2020
F Olofsson returns to Sabres on two-year deal
The Buffalo Sabres signed Victor Olofsson to a two-year deal worth $6.1 million, avoiding arbitration with the forward. Olofsson was set to become a restricted free agent, and his arbitration hearing ...
Oct 29, 2020
Fewer arrests in Philadelphia after citywide curfew
By Hannah McKay PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia police made significantly fewer arrests on Wednesday night compared to the prior two evenings, a sign that a citywide curfew helped curb the viole...
Oct 29, 2020
Spain’s coronavirus tally jumps by over 23,500 cases in record daily rise
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's coronavirus tally climbed by a record 23,580 cases, bringing the the total to 1,136,503 infections, health ministry data showed on Thursday. The death toll rose by 173 to 35...
Oct 29, 2020
Cenovus Energy CEO ‘not worried’ about Husky deal approval as results disappoint
By Arunima Kumar and Rod Nickel (Reuters) - The chief executive of Cenovus Energy said he is confident shareholders will approve its acquisition of rival Husky Energy, despite big quarterly losses and...
Oct 29, 2020
Venezuela charges detained opposition activist with ‘terrorist financing’
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan chief prosecutor Tarek Saab on Thursday announced charges against Roland Carreno, the coordinator of opposition political party Popular Will, for alleged "terrorist fina...
Oct 29, 2020
Indigenous Colombian senator escapes shooting uninjured
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian senator Feliciano Valencia, a member of the Andean country's Nasa indigenous community, said on Thursday he had escaped uninjured from a shooting attack ...
Oct 29, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 227,045 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported 8,834,393 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 81,599 cases from its previous count, and said that the nu...
Oct 29, 2020
