Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Insecurity holds up aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, aid workers say
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia's northern Tigray region is too volatile for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of civilians in need, humanitarian workers said on Sunday, amid reports of pers...
Dec 06, 2020
Foley-backed blank-check acquisition firm nears $9 billion Paysafe deal: sources
By David French NEW YORK (Reuters) - A blank-check acquisition firm backed by veteran investor Bill Foley is nearing a deal to merge with Paysafe, valuing the U.S. payments company at around $9 billio...
Dec 06, 2020
Romania’s PM Orban says centrists win parliament election
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's ruling centrist National Liberal Party (PNL) is the winner of the Dec. 6 parliamentary election, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Sunday. "The PNL thinks it is the ...
Dec 06, 2020
Romanian Liberals and Social Democrats tied in general election: exit polls
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's ruling Liberals (PNL) and the leftist Social Democrats (PSD) appeared tied for first place in a general election on Sunday with 29.0% and 30.5%, an exit poll showed, in...
Dec 06, 2020
France reports decline in COVID-19 infections and hospital deaths
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 11,022 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, down from the 12,923 new infections detected the previous day. The coronavirus death toll in French ...
Dec 06, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 280,135 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday reported 14,462,527 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 206,992 cases from its previous count, and said that the nu...
Dec 06, 2020
Netflix declines to flag up to viewers that The Crown is fiction, UK media reports
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. streaming platform Netflix has rejected a call from Britain's culture minister to add disclaimers at the start of episodes of its hit series "The Crown" to make clear that it i...
Dec 06, 2020
Cycling: Thomas dislocates shoulder in training fall but escapes fracture
(Reuters) - Ineos-Grenadiers rider Geraint Thomas suffered a dislocated shoulder in a crash on Sunday but the tough-as-nails Welshman said he would be back in training on Monday having escaped a fract...
Dec 06, 2020
Republican Senator Loeffler faces Warnock in Georgia runoff debate
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler faces off with Democratic challenger Reverend Raphael Warnock on Sunday in what is likely to be their final debate befor...
Dec 06, 2020
‘The Croods: A New Age’ Tops Mild Box Office Again With $4.4 Million
By Dave McNary LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - Universal and DreamWorks' "The Croods: A New Age" repeated as winner of a mild post-Thanksgiving weekend with $4.4 million at 2,205 North American locations...
Dec 06, 2020
