Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Finland starts vaccinating children aged 5-11 against COVID
(Reuters) - Finland will from Thursday start offering COVID-19 vaccinates to children between 5-11 years of age, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health said on Wednesday. The Finnish Health Institu...
Dec 22, 2021
Wales to bring in new restrictions to curb Omicron spread
LONDON (Reuters) - Wales will introduce more restrictions, including social distancing and mandatory table service in bars and restaurants, from Dec. 26 to stem the spread of the Omicron variant of th...
Dec 22, 2021
German cabinet approves Nagel as Bundesbank president – spokesperson
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German cabinet has approved the appointment of Joachim Nagel, a career central banker with ties to the ruling Social Democrats, as the new president of the Bundesbank, governmen...
Dec 22, 2021
Alpine skiing-Hector denies Shiffrin back-to-back wins in Courchevel giant slalom
(Reuters) - Sweden's Sara Hector pipped American Mikaela Shiffrin to win the second giant slalom event in Courchevel in France on Wednesday for only her second alpine skiing World Cup victory. Shiffri...
Dec 22, 2021
Ice Hockey-Small nations can benefit from NHL’s Beijing absence, says Loob
By Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The expected absence of NHL players from the Winter Olympics in Beijing may rob fans of the chance to see some of the game's greats, but Sweden's former Olympi...
Dec 22, 2021
Libya’s tortuous push for peace and elections
(Reuters) - Libya's parliament confirmed on Wednesday that parliamentary and presidential elections would be postponed from Dec. 24. Below is a timeline of Libya's peace process after years of divisio...
Dec 22, 2021
AWS down for some users on U.S. East coast due to power issues
(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing arm said on Wednesday some users on the U.S. East Coast were facing issues due to a loss of power within a single data center. The company said the outage w...
Dec 22, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. concerned over Turkey’s drone sales to conflict-hit Ethiopia
By Jonathan Spicer, Giulia Paravicini and Orhan Coskun ISTANBUL/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have taken issue with Turkey over its sales of armed drones to Ethiopia, where two sources fami...
Dec 22, 2021
India’s capital bans Christmas, New Year celebrations over Omicron fears
By Neha Arora and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's capital New Delhi on Wednesday banned Christmas and other celebrations ahead of New Year to contain a possible surge in the Omicron coronavi...
Dec 22, 2021
Tourists flock to Dubai despite global COVID-19 concerns
By Doyinsola Oladipo and Suheir Sheikh DUBAI (Reuters) - Brazilian tourist Livya Feho used a 24-hour Dubai layover to visit the Expo 2020, in a city that remains one of the few international tourism h...
Dec 22, 2021
