Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss gov’t examines introducing COVID-19 certificates in most indoor spaces
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is considering ordering staff and visitors to show a certificate against COVID-19 infection in most public indoor spaces, as the government on Wednesday warned that hosp...
Aug 25, 2021
Israeli rabbis ask pope to clarify remarks on Jewish law
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Israel's top Jewish religious authorities have told the Vatican they are concerned about comments that Pope Francis made about their books of sacred law and...
Aug 25, 2021
Relatives of Philippine drug war victims alarmed by Duterte’s talk of staying on
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine activists and the families of victims in a drug war that has killed thousands view with dread the possibility of President Rodrigo Duterte staying on as vic...
Aug 25, 2021
Denmark, Costa Rica seek alliance to speed up the end of oil and gas
By Kate Abnett and Stine Jacobsen BRUSSELS/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark and Costa Rica are trying to forge an alliance of countries willing to fix a date to phase out oil and gas production and to s...
Aug 25, 2021
Armenian lawmakers brawl in parliament
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A brawl broke out in Armenia's parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers hurled objects across the floor of the house and grappled with one another. The scenes of chaos erupted after a r...
Aug 25, 2021
NHC: 40% chance of cyclone over southwestern Caribbean sea
(Reuters) - A low-pressure area that is expected to form over the southwestern Caribbean sea over the next day has a 40% chance of becoming a cyclone over the next 48 hours, the Miami-based National H...
Aug 25, 2021
Hungary’s evacuation flights from Afghanistan nearing an end -minister
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's evacuation flights from Afghanistan are nearing an end after the central European country airlifted more than 500 people from Kabul, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto sai...
Aug 25, 2021
Vietnam reports record 12,096 new COVID-19 cases, 335 deaths
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's health ministry reported a record 12,096 new COVID-19 cases and 348 deaths on Wednesday, most of which were detected in Ho Chi Minh City, the epicentre of the current outbr...
Aug 25, 2021
First Afghan evacuees arrive in Uganda
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda on Wednesday received 51 people evacuated from Afghanistan after the Taliban swept back into power, but officials said they would stay temporarily until resettled by the Uni...
Aug 25, 2021
Futures flat after record close for S&P 500, Nasdaq
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were steady on Wednesday after another record close for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, while investors watched progress in the government's multi-trillion-dollar inve...
Aug 25, 2021
