Author Archives: Syndicated Content
England gets ready for mass COVID inoculations for 12- to 15-year-olds
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government said on Saturday it had told England's health service to get ready for a mass COVID-19 vaccination programme for children aged between 12 and 15 starting in Sep...
Aug 27, 2021
Convicted RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan granted parole
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee convicted of assassinating U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was granted release by a California parole board...
Aug 27, 2021
Soccer – Ronaldo’s return to United sparks hopes of reviving glory days
By Peter Hall MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Having left Manchester United in great shape 12 years ago, not long after firing them to a third straight league title, Cristiano Ronaldo is set to return...
Aug 27, 2021
Tennis – U.S. Open says fans must have proof of COVID vaccine for entry
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tennis fans 12 years or older will be required to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to attend the U.S. Open, tournament officials announced Friday, just three days before ...
Aug 27, 2021
Delta variant poses twice the risk of hospitalisation – study
LONDON (Reuters) - People who get the Delta variant of the coronavirus are twice as likely to be hospitalised as those who were infected by the Alpha variant which was first detected in England last y...
Aug 27, 2021
UK says more can be done for Afghans who have arrived in Britain
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The British government acknowledged that more can be done by to help and assist Afghan nationals and their families settle in Britain as they escape from Afghanistan follo...
Aug 27, 2021
France says its evacuation operation from Kabul is finished
PARIS (Reuters) - France has finished its evacuation operation from Afghanistan's capital, Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Twitter on Friday. She said France would continue to help those who n...
Aug 27, 2021
Board at Brazil’s Petrobras unchanged after shareholder vote
By Marta Nogueira and Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Shareholders in Brazil's Petrobras elected seven government-backed candidates to the board of directors and one market-tipped candidate a...
Aug 27, 2021
Wall St Week Ahead: A blazing U.S. stock rally faces market’s toughest month
By Lewis Krauskopf and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rally in which U.S. stocks have doubled from post-pandemic lows is about to enter the year's worst month for equities, as investors focu...
Aug 27, 2021
Tennis – Djokovic faces now-or-never moment at U.S. Open
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic hesitated to call the U.S. Open a now-or-never moment, but the history-hunting Serb noted on Friday that an opportunity for a calendar year Grand Slam could...
Aug 27, 2021
