Author Archives: Syndicated Content
BioNTech eyes Rwanda, Senegal for malaria, tuberculosis vaccine production
(Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccine inventor BioNTech said on Friday it was looking into building malaria and tuberculosis vaccine production sites in Rwanda and Senegal, narrowing down its search for Africa...
Aug 27, 2021
Lebanese parliament tells judge he can’t subpoena PM Diab
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese parliament on Friday told the judge who is investigating last year's Beirut port explosion that he had exceeded his powers by issuing a subpoena for caretaker Prime Min...
Aug 27, 2021
Ugandan military arrests man suspected of planning suicide bombing
KAMPALA (Reuters) - The Ugandan military said on Friday they had arrested a man who was planning a suicide bombing at the funeral of a top police official and had seized materials including a suicide ...
Aug 27, 2021
Sweden looks at allowing police to spy on suspected gangs to tackle gun violence
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's government said on Friday it would look at extending national security laws to allow police to spy on suspected gangs, as authorities try to halt a surge in shootings th...
Aug 27, 2021
England’s COVID-19 prevalence rises to 1 in 70, ONS says
LONDON (Reuters) - The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England was around 1 in 70 people in the week ending Aug. 20, Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday, compared with t...
Aug 27, 2021
Futures edge higher as investors look to Powell’s speech
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Friday ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech that could offer clues on when the central bank will start winding down its stimulus....
Aug 27, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 tests again in short supply as infections soar, schools reopen
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - U.S. companies are scrambling to boost production of coronavirus tests increasingly in short supply as COVID-19 cases soar and schools and employers revive surveillance p...
Aug 27, 2021
Court to hear mass killer Breivik’s parole request
OSLO (Reuters) - A request for parole by Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik will be heard by a Norwegian court, the prosecutor in the case told Reuters on Friday. Breivik detonated a car bom...
Aug 27, 2021
From garbage to garden, Nairobi resident helps slum bloom
By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) - A decade ago, a patch of land in Nairobi's Dandora district was a dumping ground for the trash of the city's wealthier residents with scarcely a plant to be seen. ...
Aug 27, 2021
Wrap up cool: Blankets help stave off glacier melt on Swiss ski pistes
By Arnd Wiegmann and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi MOUNT TITLIS, Switzerland (Reuters) - In one of Switzerland's most popular Alpine destinations, resort staff have been working over the summer months to lim...
Aug 27, 2021
