Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Famine risk rises in Somalia as rains fail, food prices soar – U.N
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly a quarter of a million people are facing starvation in Somalia as a drought worsens and global food prices hover near record highs, United Nations agencies s...
Jun 06, 2022
Strong T-cell response for blood cancer patients after vaccine; COVID breakthrough often serious for cancer patients
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19 and cancer presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago. Bloo...
Jun 06, 2022
Russia sanctions U.S. treasury and energy secretaries, defence and media bosses
(Reuters) - Russia has imposed personal sanctions on 61 U.S. officials including U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and leading defence and media executives, t...
Jun 06, 2022
Tunisian president cuts days from judges’ wages, threatens other penalties after strike
TUNIS (Reuters) - The Tunisian president on Monday asked the justice minister to deduct days from judges' wages and threatened to take other penalties after they started a week-long strike to protest ...
Jun 06, 2022
New York governor signs new curbs on guns in wake of mass shootings
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a packet of 10 gun control bills into law, setting new limits on buying assault-style weapons and body armor, among other meas...
Jun 06, 2022
Migrant caravan in Mexico heads for U.S. border as Americas Summit starts
By Jose Torres and Lizbeth Diaz TAPACHULA (Reuters) - Several thousand migrants, many from Venezuela, set off from southern Mexico early Monday aiming to reach the United States, timing their journey ...
Jun 06, 2022
Russia calls for coordinated BRICS action against global economic risks
(Reuters) - Russia, hit by Western sanctions, has called on the BRICS group of emerging economies to coordinate measures to stabilise the economic situation, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov sa...
Jun 06, 2022
At least 145 Conservative lawmakers back PM Johnson: Reuters tally
LONDON (Reuters) - At least 145 British lawmakers from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party had publicly indicated support for him ahead of a confidence vote over his leadership on Monday...
Jun 06, 2022
Detained Ugandan opposition figure released after paying bail
KAMPALA (Reuters) - A veteran Uganda opposition figure was released on Monday after a court slashed his cash bail that forced him to spend nearly two weeks in custody, his lawyer and an aide said. Kiz...
Jun 06, 2022
Exclusion of countries from Americas Summit a “mistake”, says Chilean President
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The U.S. administration's decision to exclude Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba from the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week was an "error" and "mistake", Chilean President ...
Jun 06, 2022
