EditorsNote: fixed Nelson’s record in final grafMichael Wacha pitched six sharp innings of one-hit ball as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays capitalized on shoddy defense by the New York Yankees and recorded an 8-2 victory Friday night at frigid Yankee Stadium.Wacha (1-1) only allowed a single to Gio Urshela in the second inning and three…
Spanish bullfighter Octavio Chacon performs a pass to a bull during the last bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 14, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File PhotoCrowds will return to Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic next month for a charity bullfight to raise money…
Signs and age groups are shown for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at a vaccination center as California opens up vaccine eligibility to any residents 16 years and older during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chula Vista, California, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike BlakeWealthy governments are looking to COVID-19 shots from Pfizer Inc…
FILE PHOTO: A man receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, marketed by the Serum Institute of India (SII) as COVISHIELD, in Guatemala City, Guatemala March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala will restrict entry to visitors who have recently been to Brazil, the United Kingdom and South Africa in…
A man walks to his friend’s home in a neighbourhood without electricity as snow covers the BlackHawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas, U.S. February 15, 2021. Picture taken February 15, 2021. Bronte Wittpenn/Austin American-Statesman/USA Today Network via REUTERS//File PhotoU.S. energy company Apache Corp said a change in natural gas hedging strategy before the February freeze hit…
European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoThe European Union will next week lay out conditions that transport, industry and buildings must meet to be classed as a sustainable investment in Europe, but delay a decision on whether to label gas and nuclear power as…
Italy will ease coronavirus curbs in many areas from April 26, the government said on Friday, warning caution was still needed to avoid any reversals in the reopening of many long-shuttered activities.Restrictions on business and movement have been in place for most of this year in Italy, which has the seventh highest death toll in…
The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS.The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus…
Signs and age groups are shown for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at a vaccination center as California opens up vaccine eligibility to any residents 16 years and older during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chula Vista, California, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike BlakeWealthy governments are looking to COVID-19 shots from Pfizer Inc…
Nigeria will no longer provide foreign currency for importers of sugar and wheat, the central bank said on Twitter on Friday, as the country tries to conserve national dollar reserves. Africa’s most populous country, and its biggest economy, relies on imports to feed its 200 million people. The central bank restricted access in 2015 to…