Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Blast at Pakistani religious school kills seven, wounds more than 80
By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast at a religious seminary in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday killed at least seven people and wounded more than 80, police and hospi...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S. to announce plan for Medicare, Medicaid to cover early COVID-19 vaccine: Politico
(Reuters) - The U.S. Trump administration will this week announce a plan to cover out-of-pocket costs of COVID-19 vaccines for millions of Americans who receive Medicare or Medicaid, Politico reported...
Oct 27, 2020
Biden to push into Georgia as Trump embarks on three-state campaign spree
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With just a week to go until the Nov. 3 election, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will criss-cross the country on Tuesday in an intense day of ca...
Oct 27, 2020
L.A. celebrations likely added to spread of COVID, agency says
With Los Angeles hoping to celebrate another major sports title in a matter of days, the city might be paying a price for one earlier in the month. As the Lakers progressed through four rounds of play...
Oct 27, 2020
Twitter flags Trump tweet on mail-in ballots over “disputed” content
(Reuters) - Social media company Twitter Inc on Monday flagged a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots, adding a disclaimer describing the post's content as "disputed" and potenti...
Oct 26, 2020
Ant Group closes $17.2 billion Hong Kong IPO book early amid strong demand: sources
By Scott Murdoch HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ant Group will close its Hong Kong institutional book building one day early as it aims to raise about $17.2 billion in the city, according to two sources with d...
Oct 26, 2020
Manfred pegs MLB debt from pandemic at $8.3 billion
Citing an estimated $8.3 billion in debt facing the 30 Major League Baseball teams due to the COVID-19 pandemic this season, commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday that it's hard to predict how 2021 wil...
Oct 26, 2020
China’s NEV sales to account for 50% of new car sales by 2035: industry body
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Sales of new energy vehicles (NEV) in China, the world's biggest auto market, will jump to 50% of overall new car sales by 2035 from just 5% at present, the China Society of Autom...
Oct 26, 2020
End of Melbourne lockdown paves way for crowds at cricket, tennis
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Melbourne's liberation from its COVID-19 lockdown has boosted hopes of crowds attending some of Australia's major sporting events in the country's second-biggest city. The Austra...
Oct 26, 2020
Shapovalov falls in first round at Vienna
Jurij Rodionov, a 21-year-old Austrian ranked 153rd in the world, upset eighth-seeded Denis Shapovalov of Canada 6-4, 7-5 on Monday in the first round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria. Rodion...
Oct 26, 2020
