Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Portugal extends COVID-19 lockdown as overstretched hospitals struggle
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal extended on Thursday a nationwide lockdown until March 1 to tackle its worst surge of COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began as authorities scramble to relieve pressu...
Feb 11, 2021
Dodgers, Walker Buehler avoid arbitration with 2-year, $8M deal
The Los Angeles Dodgers and pitcher Walker Buehler avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year, $8 million deal plus incentives, multiple outlets reported on Thursday. An arbitration hearing had bee...
Feb 11, 2021
Colombia’s ELN rebels deny planning potential Bogota attack
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - A warning from the Cuban embassy in Colombia about a possible attack in Bogota by National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels is inaccurate, the guerrilla group said ...
Feb 11, 2021
U.N. convoy in Afghanistan attacked by gunmen, five Afghan security force members killed
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Unknown gunmen attacked a United Nations convoy on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital on Thursday, killing five Afghan security force members who were escor...
Feb 11, 2021
Kraft Heinz to sell Planters, Corn Nuts brands to Hormel for $3.35 billion
By Richa Naidu NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kraft Heinz Co said on Thursday that it plans to sell its nuts business - including most Planters and Corn Nuts products - to Hormel Foods Corp for $3.35 billion, s...
Feb 11, 2021
Post & Pikachu? Post Malone doing virtual concert on Pokémon Day
Post Malone is teaming with Pokmon for a special virtual concert, which will feature the chart-topping star performing in animated form. The concert will take place on Pokmon Day, February 27, and is ...
Feb 11, 2021
‘Oath Keepers’ militia was ready on Jan 6 to act on Trump’s orders, prosecutors say
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anti-government "Oath Keepers" militia members devised elaborate plans to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and plotted to have an armed "quick reaction force" ...
Feb 11, 2021
Pelosi aims to finish COVID-19 relief by month’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she expects lawmakers to complete legislation based on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 reli...
Feb 11, 2021
Saudi-led coalition says destroyed ballistic missile launched by Yemen’s Houthis: state media
CAIRO - (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Thursday it had thwarted and destroyed a ballistic missile that Yemen's Houthis launched towards Khamis Mushait in Saudi Arabia, state medi...
Feb 11, 2021
Sewage samples show COVID-19 spreading fast in some French cities
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - Sewage samples from a new nationwide COVID-19 monitoring system show that in some French cities traces of coronavirus are spiking above levels seen during the seco...
Feb 11, 2021
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