Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China says U.S. army must be held accountable for Afghanistan actions
GENEVA (Reuters) - China's envoy to the U.N. in Geneva said on Tuesday that the U.S. army and the militaries of other coalition partners should be held accountable for alleged rights violations they c...
Aug 24, 2021
Llama antibodies blunt COVID variants in lab trial, says Belgian start-up
By Clement Rossignol GHENT, Belgium (Reuters) - Llama antibodies could soon be playing a role in the global fight against COVID-19, if clinical trials being conducted by a Belgian biomedical start-up ...
Aug 24, 2021
Ukraine marks Independence Day vowing to reclaim annexed territory
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine held its first military parade in several years, celebrating the 30th anniversary of its independence and declaring it would reclaim areas of its territory annexed by Russia. ...
Aug 24, 2021
Pakistan gets $2.75 billion in COVID-19 support funds from IMF
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Tuesday received $2.75 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a Special Drawing Rights (SDR) programme to support low-income countries hit by the co...
Aug 24, 2021
Delta cases show 300 times higher viral load – S.Korea study
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - People infected with the more transmissible Delta variant have a viral load 300 times higher than those with the original version of the COVID-19 virus, when symptoms a...
Aug 24, 2021
Hong Kong proposes film censorship law to ‘safeguard national security’
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong said on Tuesday new film censorship legislation will be introduced to "safeguard national security", in another sign of shrinking freedoms in the former ...
Aug 24, 2021
Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children
By Abraham Achirga and Libby George TEGINA, Nigeria (Reuters) - After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam's 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he sold his car and a parcel of land and cleaned ...
Aug 24, 2021
Law Society election in Hong Kong spotlights tensions over China, legal system
By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's largest lawyer body will vote on its governing council on Tuesday, an annual event made fraught this year by the city-state's national security law, ...
Aug 24, 2021
U.S. scraps plan to use S.Korea, Japan military bases for Afghan refugees -sources
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States has decided against the idea of using its largest overseas military bases in South Korea and Japan to house Afghan refugees temporarily, two sources...
Aug 24, 2021
UN rights boss says has credible reports of Taliban executions
By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The top U.N. human rights official said on Tuesday that she had received credible reports of serious violations committed by the Taliban in Afghan...
Aug 24, 2021
