Author Archives: Syndicated Content
White House chief of staff Meadows has COVID-19 – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who has frequently appeared at public events without wearing a mask, has been diagnosed with COVID-19, a source familiar with the situat...
Nov 06, 2020
How Georgia could leave U.S. Senate control unclear until January
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The state of Georgia is playing an unusual power-broker role in the knife-edge balance-of-power struggle playing out between Democrats and Republicans over the U...
Nov 06, 2020
Supreme Court’s Alito tells Pennsylvania counties to separate late ballots
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday night ordered county election boards in Pennsylvania to comply with a state directive to separate mail-in ballots received...
Nov 06, 2020
Trump administration advances $10 billion defense sale to UAE – source
By Patricia Zengerle and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department sent Congress an informal notification of plans to sell $10 billion of defense equipment, including precision-guide...
Nov 06, 2020
Incumbent Perdue to face Ossoff in Georgia U.S. Senate seat runoff – Edison Research
(Reuters) - David Perdue, the incumbent Republican U.S. senator for Georgia, will face Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff in a runoff race on Jan. 5, Edison Research said on Friday. Edison said Perdue h...
Nov 06, 2020
U.S. reports record increase in daily COVID-19 cases for third consecutive day
(Reuters) - The United States on Friday reported a record increase in new coronavirus cases for a third straight day with at least 121,337 new infections, according to a Reuters tally. The outbreak is...
Nov 06, 2020
Two men charged with gun offenses near Philadelphia vote counting center
By Ted Hesson and Ned Parker WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two men were charged with gun offenses in Philadelphia on Friday after they were arrested the previous night near a vote counting site that...
Nov 06, 2020
Mexico reports 5,931 new coronavirus cases, 551 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Health Ministry on Friday reported 5,931 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 551 additional fatalities, bringing the country's total to 955,128 cases and ...
Nov 06, 2020
Swimming: “Super Fish” Perkins named Swimming Australia president
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Twice Olympic gold medallist Kieran Perkins has taken over Australia's swimming programme in the lead-up to next year's Tokyo Games. Perkins, who won back-to-back 1,500 metres fr...
Nov 06, 2020
UK’s Johnson, Sunak agree to extend universal credit benefit: The Times
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak have agreed in principle to extend a 20 pound($26.31) weekly increase in universal credit for 6 million people at a co...
Nov 06, 2020
