Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rights groups report wave of abuses against Tigrayans in Ethiopian region
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Armed forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region have stepped up killings, mass detentions and expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in neighbouring western Tigray, Amnesty International and Hu...
Dec 16, 2021
Soccer-UEFA to launch vaccination campaign aimed at players
By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has urged players across Europe to get vaccinated as soon as possible against COVID-19 but said it was still a personal...
Dec 16, 2021
AstraZeneca antibody cocktail works against Omicron in study
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca said on Thursday a lab-study of its COVID-19 antibody cocktail, Evusheld, found that the treatment retained neutralising activity against the Omicron coronavirus variant, showi...
Dec 16, 2021
U.S. to award $2.89 billion to 3,075 airports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it will award $2.89 billion to 3,075 airports under a new $1 trillion infrastructure bill signed into law last month. Airp...
Dec 16, 2021
Three dead, 10 injured in fire at India’s Gujarat Fluorochemicals plant
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Three people were killed and 10 injured in a fire at a plant owned by Indian chemicals maker Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd in the western state of Gujarat, the company said late on...
Dec 16, 2021
Tennis-Djokovic crowned ITF world champion for record seventh time
(Reuters) - Men's world number one Novak Djokovic has been named the 2021 ITF world champion for a record seventh time while women's number one Ash Barty has picked up her second crown, the Internatio...
Dec 16, 2021
Cricket-Smith back at Australia helm after shock Cummins exit
By Richard Evans ADELAIDE (Reuters) - It took a quirk of fate for Steve Smith to be captaining Australia again and the stand-in skipper saw his team fight back after an attritional opening day in the ...
Dec 16, 2021
Tennis-Nadal playing without expectations in first event after injury comeback
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal is set to make his comeback from injury at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi this week and the Spaniard said on Thursday he hopes he can get b...
Dec 16, 2021
Valneva in talks with several countries over further vaccine supply contracts
VIENNA (Reuters) - French-Austrian biotech firm Valneva is in talks with a number of countries over further contracts to supply its COVID-19 vaccine candidate and has the option to boost its productio...
Dec 16, 2021
Wall St bank analysts grapple with capital impact of new derivatives rule
By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street analysts are scratching their heads over the extent to which an arcane new derivatives rule will affect the performance of big banks as they wrap up the...
Dec 16, 2021
