Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Greek COVID-19 infections set to hit one-day high
ATHENS (Reuters) - Confirmed cases of COVID-19 are expected to hit a fresh daily record on Tuesday, topping 15,000, the Greek health minister said, after announcing tighter curbs a day earlier. "Today...
Dec 28, 2021
France offers intensive care nurses monthly bonus
PARIS (Reuters) - France will pay intensive care nurses an extra 100 euros per month from January as it seeks to improve work conditions for staff exhausted by the fight against COVID-19, Prime Minist...
Dec 28, 2021
Kellogg’s workers head back to work today after new contract is settled
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – It’s back to work as usual today at Kellogg’s plants in four states. Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union las...
Dec 28, 2021
Hong Kong to tighten air crew quarantine rules amid Omicron threat
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong health authorities said on Tuesday the city would tighten quarantine rules for air cargo crew to tackle the growing threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The globa...
Dec 28, 2021
Indonesia says will turn away stricken boat of Rohingya refugees
By Hidayatullah Tahjuddin BIREUEN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities will help repair a stranded boat packed with over 100 Rohingya off its coast but will not allow its passengers to seek r...
Dec 28, 2021
Tennis-Thiem out of Australian Open with wrist injury
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Dominic Thiem has pulled out of next month's Australian Open due to a long-standing wrist injury, the former world number three said on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Austrian, who has...
Dec 28, 2021
German court rules people with disabilities must be protected in triage scenarios
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's constitutional court ruled on Tuesday that lawmakers must set out legally binding criteria to protect people with disabilities and pre-existing conditions in pandemic-rela...
Dec 28, 2021
Malaysia lifts travel ban on 8 African countries, citing wider Omicron spread
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has lifted a travel ban on eight southern African countries that had first reported the Omicron variant of the coronvirus, citing the greater spread of the variant wo...
Dec 28, 2021
Dry weather affects Ukraine winter wheat crops in central regions
KYIV (Reuters) - Winter wheat crops in Ukraine's central regions, which make up a third of all sowings in the country, have been affected by poor weather and are mostly in satisfactory condition, APK-...
Dec 28, 2021
Russia detains two allies of opposition leader Navalny
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has detained two allies of jailed Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny, a prominent opposition activist said on Tuesday, adding that they could face extremism charges that carry length...
Dec 28, 2021
