Author Archives: Syndicated Content
World’s children bearing brunt of COVID pandemic, Vatican studies say
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The world's children are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, with marked increases in violence, abuse, child labour, lost schooling, and malnutritio...
Dec 22, 2021
Ukraine military hold drills with U.S. arms near separatist region
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian military have conducted combat drills with U.S.-made Javelin anti-tank missiles in a conflict area with separatists in eastern Ukraine as tensions run high with Russia, Ukra...
Dec 22, 2021
‘Significant increase’ in protection vs Omicron from mRNA boosters, study says
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Getting a third dose of either Pfizer-BioNTech's or Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine offers a "significant increase" in protection against the Omicron variant in elderly people, accor...
Dec 22, 2021
U.S. bars Maltese ex-officials from entering over suspected corruption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday barred two former Malta government officials and their immediate families from entering, citing suspicions of involvement in significant corruptio...
Dec 22, 2021
Italy’s Draghi signals he’s willing to become president
By Giselda Vagnoni and Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi signalled on Wednesday he would be willing to become head of state when the position falls free early next y...
Dec 22, 2021
Afghan Taliban stop Pakistan army from fencing international border
By Jibran Ahmad KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan disrupted the erecting of a security fence by the Pakistani military along the border between the two countries, Af...
Dec 22, 2021
Denmark drops travel restrictions for ten countries in southern Africa
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark on Wednesday scrapped extraordinary travel restrictions for ten countries in southern Africa, originally imposed to curb the spread of the Omicron variant, after authori...
Dec 22, 2021
Austria restricting arrivals from UK, Denmark, Netherlands over Omicron
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria is classifying Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway as risk areas due to the prevalence of the Omicron variant, meaning arrivals from there must go into quarantine i...
Dec 22, 2021
Germany expects Omicron to be dominant within 3 weeks
BERLIN (Reuters) - The Omicron variant will become the dominant coronavirus strain in Germany within three weeks and the country has ordered 80 million doses of Omicron-specific vaccine for delivery i...
Dec 22, 2021
Chinese city Xian curbs residents’ travel, activities amid COVID outbreak
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Xian has ordered its 13 million residents to stay at home and urged them not to leave town unnecessarily as it struggles to contain rising COVID-19 cases under ...
Dec 22, 2021
