Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nigeria school abductions sparked by cattle feuds, not extremism, officials say
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - The kidnap of 344 schoolboys in northwest Nigeria had the appearance of an Islamist militant attack. There was even a video purporting to show some of the boys w...
Dec 24, 2020
Frightening drive through South Dakota blizzard caught on camera
(Reuters) - A video taken by a meteorologist in South Dakota and posted to social media on Wednesday shows twenty seconds of a frightening drive through a heavy blizzard. A thick grey fills the view i...
Dec 23, 2020
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 32,195 – RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 32,195 to 1,587,115, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The repo...
Dec 23, 2020
Aurobindo Pharma to make COVAXX’s potential COVID-19 vaccine for India, UNICEF
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Aurobindo Pharma Ltd said on Thursday it would make and sell U.S.-based COVAXX's COVID-19 vaccine candidate for supply in India and to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...
Dec 23, 2020
Finding community at a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Myanmar
By Shoon Naing YANGON (Reuters) - In another world, I could have been checking into a hotel. Only instead of staff, two fellow COVID-19 patients welcomed me at the door, with a plastic box filled with...
Dec 23, 2020
‘Balloon boy’ parents pardoned by Colorado governor over 2009 hoax
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The husband and wife who pleaded guilty to criminal charges for staging the 2009 "balloon boy" hoax, creating a global media sensation with a false report that thei...
Dec 23, 2020
U.S. cyber agency says SolarWinds hackers are ‘impacting’ state, local governments
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday that a sprawling cyber espionage campaign made public earlier this month is affecting state and local governmen...
Dec 23, 2020
Trump gives awards to top aides for Arab-Israeli deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump gave national security awards on Wednesday to several top advisers for their role in helping broker agreements aimed at normalizing relations between Isra...
Dec 23, 2020
Oil rises on U.S. inventory draw, Brexit deal hopes
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil extended gains on Thursday as a drawdown in U.S. stockpiles of crude and gasoline lifted demand hopes, while investors also cheered a potential Brexit trade deal...
Dec 23, 2020
Lawsuit challenges Trump’s lifting of roadless rule in Alaska’s Tongass forest
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A coalition of Alaska Native tribes and environmentalists filed suit on Wednesday challenging a new Trump administration policy that opens vast swaths of ...
Dec 23, 2020
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