Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ireland extends COVID-19 booster shots to all adults
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland, one of the world's most vaccinated nations, will make COVID-19 booster shots available to all adults in a sharp ramping up of plans to provide additional protection, the he...
Nov 26, 2021
Bail hearing pushed back for Canadian designer Peter Nygard, who faces sex charges
TORONTO (Reuters) - A bail hearing for Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard was pushed back another two weeks on Friday, to Dec. 10. Nygard, who faces charges in both Canada and the United States, i...
Nov 26, 2021
Surge in downloads crashes Catalonia’s new COVID pass
By Horaci Garcia BARCELONA (Reuters) - The Spanish region of Catalonia postponed the introduction of mandatory COVID passes at bars, restaurants and gyms on Friday after thousands of people attempted ...
Nov 26, 2021
Cricket-ECB unveils action plan to tackle racism following Rafiq allegations
(Reuters) - The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday released a 12-point action plan to tackle racism and discrimination in the sport, including a review of the "dressing room culture" acro...
Nov 26, 2021
S.African, UK families divided as new COVID-19 variant wrecks holiday plans
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Terry and Roger Hugo, both retirees in their 70s, couldn't wait to see their grandchildren come over to visit South Africa from Britain for the first time, after ...
Nov 26, 2021
China-Myanmar border port resumes trade after four-month closure -CCTV
BEIJING (Reuters) - The border port of Wanding in China's Yunnan province resumed trade with neighbouring Myanmar on Friday after being closed for 136 days due to the pandemic, Chinese state broadcast...
Nov 26, 2021
Tunisian media say police thwarted attack
TUNIS (Reuters) -Witnesses said heavy security was deployed in front of the interior ministry in the main street of the Tunisian capital, with local media saying police had thwarted an attack. "I am a...
Nov 26, 2021
Cyprus arrests man in connection with alleged kidnap of Israeli boy -police
NICOSIA (Reuters) - A man has been arrested in Cyprus in connection with the alleged kidnapping of an Israeli boy who was the only survivor of a cable car disaster in Italy in May, police said, after ...
Nov 26, 2021
Brazil health regulator calls for Africa travel restrictions, Bolsonaro dismissive
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian health regulator Anvisa recommended on Friday that travel be restricted from some African countries due to the detection of a new COVID-19 variant, bu...
Nov 26, 2021
UK COVID genomics head says likely new variant will end up in the country
LONDON (Reuters) - It is likely that the new coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 that is spreading in South Africa will end up in Britain, the head of the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium said on Friday, but...
Nov 26, 2021
