Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Poland tightens COVID quarantine rules for travellers from Britain
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland is introducing a mandatory seven-day quarantine for all travellers from Britain in a bid to curb the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, the health ministry said ...
Jun 22, 2021
Brazil prosecutors probe price, intermediary on Bharat vaccine deal
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into a contract worth 1.6 billion reais ($320 million) for 20 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine made ...
Jun 22, 2021
Fed’s Daly says could get to taper threshold late this year
(Reuters) - The U.S. central bank may be in a position to start reducing its extraordinary support of the U.S. economy by late this year or early next year, according to San Francisco Federal Reserve ...
Jun 22, 2021
Iran’s Raisi says quick COVID-19 vaccination to top his plans
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi vowed on Tuesday his government would start rapid COVID-19 vaccinations to help relaunch an economy at the epicentre of the pandemic in the Middl...
Jun 22, 2021
Zimbabwe expects 2.5 million Chinese COVID-19 vaccines by month end
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe expects to receive 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccines from China by the end of this month as it seeks to boost its vaccination drive after several centres ran out of doses, whic...
Jun 22, 2021
Explainer-Untangling the crisis in Libya
TUNIS (Reuters) - Germany and the United Nations host an international conference on Libya in Berlin on Tuesday. On the agenda will be political progress there, national elections scheduled for Decemb...
Jun 22, 2021
At least 11 killed in Burkina Faso police ambush
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - At least 11 police officers were killed in an ambush in northern Burkina Faso late on Monday, a security source said on Tuesday. Two other sources also confirmed the attack but...
Jun 22, 2021
What special relationship? Canada grimaces amid hail of U.S. trade blows
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a cordial first meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in February, marking an end to years of battles with the Trump admi...
Jun 22, 2021
Trial of Moroccan journalists raises fears of repression
By Ahmed Eljechtimi CASABLANCA (Reuters) - New hearings took place on Tuesday in the trials of two dissident journalists in Morocco accused of sexual assault, whose detention rights groups see as evid...
Jun 22, 2021
Analysis: India e-commerce rules cast cloud over Amazon, Walmart and local rivals
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - New Indian e-commerce rules will raise costs for all online retailers but particularly Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart as they may have to review their business str...
Jun 22, 2021
