Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Congo bill to limit presidential eligibility prompts backlash
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Democratic Republic of Congo have introduced a bill to restrict the presidency to people with two Congolese parents, a move critics said on Friday aimed to block a mi...
Jul 09, 2021
Airport, airlines start legal action against Britain over travel rules
LONDON (Reuters) - A group of airports and airlines launched legal action against the British government over its travel curbs on Friday, challenging ministers to be more transparent over decisions on...
Jul 09, 2021
Post-Brexit UK still imports more from outside EU than bloc, but gap narrows
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is still importing more goods from outside the European Union than from the bloc's single market which it left in January, but the difference is narrowing, Britain's statisti...
Jul 09, 2021
Spain arrests two minors over suspected homophobic killing
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police detained on Friday two underage people over the suspected homophobic murder of a man who was beaten to death last weekend, bringing the total number of arrests to six...
Jul 09, 2021
EU regulator lists heart condition as possible side effect of mRNA vaccines
(Reuters) - Europe's drug regulator on Friday recommended adding heart inflammation as a possible side effect of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna and advised people with a history of cap...
Jul 09, 2021
TikTok owner ByteDance to end compulsory weekend overtime
BEIJING (Reuters) - TikTok owner ByteDance on Friday said that it would formally end its weekend overtime policy from Aug. 1, two weeks after its short-video rival Kuaishou announced a similar decisio...
Jul 09, 2021
On independence day, South Sudan’s Kiir pledges no more war; Pope says will visit
By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir promised on Friday as the country marked its 10th anniversary that he would not plunge it back into war, as Pope Francis said he would v...
Jul 09, 2021
Biden’s executive order to promote competition in the U.S. economy includes over 70 initiatives – sources
By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Friday that includes over 70 initiatives the White House wants over a dozen agencies to u...
Jul 09, 2021
Germany lists all of Spain as COVID-19 risk area- ministry
(Corrects pronoun in final paragraph to show Spain's tourism minister is a woman) BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has declared all of Spain a coronavirus risk area, the foreign ministry said on Friday, mea...
Jul 09, 2021
Spanish tourist hotspots seek return to curfews as youth infections rage
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Canary Islands have joined the Mediterranean region of Valencia in petitioning the central government to bring back a mandatory night curfew to counter soaring COVID-19 infe...
Jul 09, 2021
