Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Belgium analysing two COVID-19 samples to test for new variant
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium is analysing two samples of COVID-19 to establish if they are the new coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, a leading local virologist said on Friday. Marc V...
Nov 26, 2021
EU moves to halt air travel from places with new COVID variant
By Sabine Siebold and Marine Strauss (Reuters) - The European Union might halt air travel from places where a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa had spread, the bloc's executive said ahe...
Nov 26, 2021
China adds e-cigarettes to tobacco monopoly law
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's cabinet, the State Council, on Friday issued an order amending the country's tobacco monopoly law to include new types of tobacco products such as e-cigarettes. The order, ...
Nov 26, 2021
Netherlands to impose new COVID measures to avoid healthcare breakdown
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government was set to announce new measures on Friday including early closure of bars, restaurants and most stores to stem a record-breaking wave of COVID-19 infections...
Nov 26, 2021
BioNTech says expect more data on new variant in 2 weeks
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech, the inventor of the western world's most widely used COVID-19 vaccine, said it expects more laboratory data on a new worrying coronavirus variant detected in South Afri...
Nov 26, 2021
Carbonised: Kyrgyz government hands out cheap coal amid energy crunch
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japparov told the COP26 global climate summit this month that his Central Asian nation would achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 - but right now his government...
Nov 26, 2021
Russia hails mine tragedy ‘miracle’ as rescuer thought dead is found alive
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian rescue worker presumed dead after descending into a Siberian mine to assist trapped miners was found alive on Friday in what the authorities called a miracle after one of ...
Nov 26, 2021
Turkish court rules to keep Kavala in jail during trial
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court ruled on Friday to keep philanthropist Osman Kavala in prison, after four years in detention without conviction, in an ongoing trial which has further strained tie...
Nov 26, 2021
Pope to help 50 migrants in Cyprus relocate to Italy after trip to region
By Philip Pullella and Michele Kambas VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has arranged to have 50 migrants from Cyprus be relocated to Italy to mark his trip to the Mediterranean island next week, a...
Nov 26, 2021
Belgium seeks to slow down social life to fight fourth COVID wave
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Belgian government brought in new restrictions on Friday such as early closing of bars and full closure of nightclubs for three weeks to reduce social contact and curb a rapid...
Nov 26, 2021
