Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thailand and Indonesia unveil plans to develop molnupiravir COVID-19 pill
BANGKOK/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Thailand's health minister said on Friday the country planned to develop the anti-viral pill molnupiravir to combat COVID-19 infections amid rising infections driven by the...
Jan 14, 2022
Brazil reels as Omicron spreads, weighing on hospitals and economy
By Pedro Fonseca and Eduardo Simes RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil is suffering a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases as the Omicron variant spreads through the country, putting pressure on healt...
Jan 14, 2022
S.African study suggests Omicron less severe even for unvaccinated
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Unvaccinated people infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus may be less prone to severe illness and requiring hospital care or dying than was the case with previous v...
Jan 14, 2022
Norway raises 2022 spending from wealth fund to $41 billion
OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government said on Friday it has raised its projected fiscal spending for 2022 as it seeks to compensate businesses affected by coronavirus lockdown measures and subsidi...
Jan 14, 2022
U.S. suicide hotline 988 is set to go live, but many states may not be ready
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - In just six months, 988 goes live as the shortcut to call or text the U.S. suicide hotline at a time when the pandemic is ramping up the need for mental health...
Jan 14, 2022
Analysis-U.S. built ‘textbook’ case of sedition charges for Capitol attack -legal experts
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors appear to have proceeded carefully in bringing sedition charges against 11 people linked to a far-right militia who took part in the deadly 2021 attack on the...
Jan 14, 2022
Exhausted parents navigate a patchwork of U.S. school COVID-19 policies
By Sharon Bernstein and Joseph Ax SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Jennifer Pierre speaks for millions of American parents when she sums up how it feels to navigate a patchwork of school COVID-19 polici...
Jan 14, 2022
New Dutch government expected to ease month-long COVID-19 lockdown
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The new government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was expected to ease a month-long COVID-19 lockdown on Friday, as popular support for it is evaporating des...
Jan 14, 2022
Soccer-Real Madrid defender Carvajal tests positive for COVID in Saudi Arabia
By Fernando Kallas RIYADH (Reuters) - Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal has tested positive for COVID-19 while the team is in Saudi Arabia playing in the Spanish Super Cup, the club confirmed on Frid...
Jan 14, 2022
Take Five: U.S. bank earnings, BoJ and (another) virtual Davos
(Reuters) - With U.S. earnings season well underway, banking heavyweights such as Goldman Sachs are lining up to report next. The Bank of Japan is the first major central bank to meet in 2022 and inve...
Jan 14, 2022
