MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s second most populous state Victoria entered a five-day lockdown on Saturday as authorities raced to prevent a third wave of COVID-19 cases sparked by the highly infections UK variant. One new locally acquired case was confirmed in the past 24 hours, Victoria health authorities said on Saturday, taking the number of … Read more
US President Donald Trump reacts while holding a rally to challenge the certification of the results of the 2020 US presidential elections by the US Congress in Washington, the United States, January 6, 2021. REUTERS / Carlos Barria / File Photo WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected a motion by President … Read more
FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Chase Farm Hospital to view the vaccination schedule, in North London, UK, on January 4, 2021. Stefan Rousseau / Pool via REUTERS LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “Herculean” goal of vaccinating around 14 million of the most vulnerable population groups against COVID-19 … Read more
Jan 3 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump asked Georgia’s top election official to “find” enough votes to reverse his defeat in the southern state, according to a recording of the hour-long call made Saturday. and published by The Washington Post on Sunday. FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump departs on a trip to West … Read more
First doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine distributed in France. December 27, 2020. Thomas Samson / Pool via REUTERS Jan 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 4,225,756 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 13,071,925 doses. . The … Read more
FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on December 21, 2020. Tolga Akmen / Pool via REUTERS LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the road to defeat in the next election in 2024, in which neither … Read more
The AstraZeneca logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle. Archive photo Nov 9, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration / File Photo NEW DELHI, Jan 2 (Reuters) – The government of India has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, paving the way for a massive … Read more
By David Morgan, Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday postponed a vote on increasing COVID-19 relief checks from $ 600 to $ 2,000 and urged senators to reverse the President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense bill, in a rare challenge to his Republican colleague three weeks … Read more
Ant Group, em Hangzhou, China 29/10/2020 REUTERS/Aly Song Hong Kong / Beijing (Reuters) – After massive pressure from the authorities, the Chinese financial group Ant is examining a corporate restructuring, according to insiders. The majority of the online financing business should be brought into a holding that would be regulated like a traditional financial firm, … Read more
By Steve Holland, Susan Cornwell PALM BEACH, Fla. / WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Sunday signed a $ 2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package that will restore unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and will avoid the shutdown of the federal government, thus ending a self-created crisis. Trump, who leaves … Read more