Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine booster doses until September end
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization's head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday the WHO was calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 vaccine boosters until at least the end of September. (Re...
Aug 04, 2021
Georgian police search for killer of Australian woman
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian police said on Wednesday they were searching for the killer of an Australian woman whose body was found in the woods outside Tbilisi late last week. The woman, who went mi...
Aug 04, 2021
VICI Properties to buy MGM Resort-controlled MGM Growth in $17.2 billion deal
(Reuters) -MGM Growth Properties, majority controlled by MGM Resorts , agreed on Wednesday to sell itself to VICI Properties Inc in a $17.2 billion deal that will see the casino operator cash in on it...
Aug 04, 2021
EU seals deal with Novavax for up to 200 million COVID-19 vaccines
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission has approved a supply contract with U.S. firm Novavax for the purchase of up to 200 million of its potential COVID-19 vaccine, the Commission said on Wednes...
Aug 04, 2021
Ibiza seeks detectives to crash parties as COVID-19 surges
MADRID (Reuters) - Wanted: private detectives who can pass as tourists to help stop illegal raves on the Spanish party island of Ibiza. Successful applicants will be aged from 30 to 40, and able to bl...
Aug 04, 2021
Seventeen die when lightning strikes wedding party in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Wednesday when lightning struck a wedding party on a boat in northwestern Bangladesh, officials said. The lightning hi...
Aug 04, 2021
Trump challenges release of his tax returns in court
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday formally challenged in court a recent U.S. Justice Department order that his tax returns should be turned over to a House of Rep...
Aug 04, 2021
Israeli airline El Al to carry out mid-flight COVID test trial
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Passengers on an El Al flight from New York to Tel Aviv will be tested for the coronavirus on the plane itself or before boarding on Thursday to speed up procedu...
Aug 04, 2021
Analysis-Street protests could pressure Cuba to speed up economic reforms
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - The anti-government protests https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/street-protests-break-out-cuba-2021-07-11 that broke out in Cuba last month are expected to damage ...
Aug 04, 2021
GCC economies expected to grow 2.2% this year, says World Bank
By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) -Economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will likely grow at an aggregate 2.2% this year after a 4.8% contraction last year caused by the pandemic and lower...
Aug 04, 2021
