Author Archives: Syndicated Content
California to require COVID-19 booster shots for healthcare workers
(Reuters) - California will require healthcare workers and workers in "high-risk congregate settings" to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster by Feb. 1, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday, as part of t...
Dec 22, 2021
Ukraine agrees deal with Hungary on gas imports
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine will be able to import daily 8 million cubic metres of gas from the European market via Hungary from January, Ukraine's state operator of gas transmission said on Wednesday af...
Dec 22, 2021
U.S. regulator advancing probe into Amazon’s cloud unit – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is advancing an antitrust probe into Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing business, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with th...
Dec 22, 2021
Cricket-Pakistan’s Abid undergoes second procedure after heart condition diagnosis
(Reuters) - Pakistan opener Abid Ali underwent a second procedure on Wednesday after he was diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome, the country's cricket board (PCB) said. Acute coronary syndrome is a...
Dec 22, 2021
Belgium to shut cinemas, theatres as Omicron cases surge
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium will close cinemas and theatres and play sporting fixtures behind closed doors immediately after Christmas in a tightening of coronavirus restrictions to curb a surge in c...
Dec 22, 2021
Build Back Better talks with holdout Manchin to continue, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conversations with Senator Joe Manchin's office will continue, the White House said on Wednesday after the key conservative Democrat earlier this week rejected the president's B...
Dec 22, 2021
Biden to speak on Jan. 6 anniversary of U.S. Capitol attack -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will make a public statement on the Jan. 6 anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of his predecessor, Donald Trump, the White Hou...
Dec 22, 2021
Cycling-UCI hands Mexican rider Villalobos four-year ban for doping
(Reuters) - Two-times Mexican national champion Luis Villalobos has been banned for four years after cycling's governing body UCI said on Wednesday he had been found guilty of an anti-doping rule viol...
Dec 22, 2021
France reports near-record 84,272 new coronavirus cases
PARIS (Reuters) - France on Wednesday reported 84,272 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, coming close to its all-time high of almost 87,000 cases in November 2020. Coming within reach of th...
Dec 22, 2021
Canada to expand aid programs to fight Omicron; Trudeau frustrated by pandemic
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will expand support programs to help people and businesses hit by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, acknowl...
Dec 22, 2021
