Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
France cancels order for Merck’s COVID-19 antiviral drug
PARIS (Reuters) - France has cancelled its order for Merck & Co's COVID-19 antiviral drugs following disappointing trial data and hopes instead to receive Pfizer's drug before the end of January, the ...
Dec 22, 2021
Spanish PM says Omicron surge won’t ruin Christmas as curbs discussed
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish families will be able to celebrate Christmas together, the prime minister said on Wednesday before meeting regional leaders to discuss ways of containing the fast-spreading ...
Dec 22, 2021
Fourth COVID-19 shot needed, says German health minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Wednesday that a fourth vaccination will be necessary in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic due to the more contagious Omicron...
Dec 22, 2021
South African province, epicentre of Omicron outbreak, passes peak of infections – scientists
(Reuters) - COVID-19 cases appear to have peaked in South Africa's Gauteng province, one of the first places in the world where the Omicron variant surfaced, and the impact of surging infections has b...
Dec 22, 2021
