Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. says delivering on vaccine pledge to Asia key to Quad credibility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delivering on a pledge to supply COVID-19 vaccine doses to Southeast Asia is critical to the credibility of the Quad group of countries, which made the commitment in March, a se...
Oct 20, 2021
Czech COVID-19 cases soar to highest since April, prompting new measures
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government will force restaurants to check patrons' COVID-19 status, among other measures it decided on Wednesday, to stem a spike in infections that is the highest since ...
Oct 20, 2021
Seventeen people killed in a road accident in Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed on Wednesday when a truck and a microbus collided on the Ring Road in Greater Cairo, state newspaper Al-Ahram said. (Reporting by Nayera Abdallah and Y...
Oct 20, 2021
Singapore reports highest single-day deaths from COVID-19
(Reuters) - Singapore's health ministry recorded 18 new deaths due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic, while it reported 3,862 cases of the disease. A recent spi...
Oct 20, 2021
41% of LatAm and Caribbean residents have been vaccinated against COVID-19 -PAHO
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Forty-one percent of people across Latin America and the Caribbean have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesda...
Oct 20, 2021
Goodbye, Columbus: Vikings crossed the Atlantic 1,000 years ago
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada's island...
Oct 20, 2021
U.S. trucking industry disruptions to last as long as pandemic persists -Buttigieg
(Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Wednesday he expects disruptions in the trucking industry to last as long as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. "There are going to be disr...
Oct 20, 2021
Europe should avoid inflation spiral as energy price surges fade – IMF Europe chief
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe should not see an inflation spiral as a spike in energy prices is expected to fade next year and there is slack in the continent's labor market, the IMF E...
Oct 20, 2021
EU, U.S. warn about ‘divisive rhetoric’ in Bosnia, urge dialogue
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union voiced support on Wednesday for Western Balkan countries' efforts to join the EU but expressed concern about "increasingly divisive rhetor...
Oct 20, 2021
Canada to require COVID-19 vaccinations for federal lawmakers
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's House of Commons will require all lawmakers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 when they return to work next month, potentially locking out some members of parliament ...
Oct 20, 2021
