Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nigerian police fire tear gas and detain several protesters – witnesses
ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas and detained several demonstrators in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja on Saturday during protests over the worsening security situation in Africa's...
Jun 12, 2021
UK PM stands firm on post-Brexit trade, calls for pragmatism
CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood firm in his position on post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland in talks with French, German and European Union leaders on Sa...
Jun 12, 2021
Saudi Arabia bars foreign travellers from Haj over COVID-19 – SPA
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has restricted the annual Haj pilgrimage to citizens and residents and set a maximum of 60,000 pilgrims in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the state Saudi Press Ag...
Jun 12, 2021
EU tells Britain’s Johnson: implement the Brexit deal
By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Piper CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - The European Union told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday that he must implement the Brexit deal that he signed to ens...
Jun 12, 2021
S.Africa to analyse J&J vaccines made at U.S. plant halted over error
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African health inspectors will carry out further checks on a batch of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines following a contamination error earlier this year at the U.S. p...
Jun 12, 2021
Cambodia begins evicting floating homes amid protests
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's capital of Phnom Penh on Saturday began overseeing the dismantling of "floating home" communities on the banks of the Tonle Sap River over the objec...
Jun 12, 2021
Indian village prays to ‘goddess corona’ to rid them of the virus
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Indian villagers have erected a shrine to "goddess corona" and are offering her prayers in the hope that divine intervention can banish the deadly virus. D...
Jun 12, 2021
Italian police arrest man allegedly involved in Vietnamese truck deaths
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian police said on Saturday they had arrested a Romanian citizen who is the subject of an international arrest warrant from the UK for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese people wh...
Jun 12, 2021
At least 13 people wounded in Austin, Texas shooting – police
(Reuters) -At least 13 people were wounded in a shooting in downtown Austin, Texas early on Saturday, police said, adding the suspected shooter was still at large. Two of the injured are reported to b...
Jun 12, 2021
China’s cryptocurrency-mining crackdown spreads to Yunnan in southwest – media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's crackdown on cryptocurrencies has spread to the country's southwest with a campaign against misuse of electricity by bitcoin miners in Yunnan province, local media reporte...
Jun 12, 2021
