Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Papua New Guina gears up for COVID-19 shots as 8,000 doses arrive from Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea will kick-off its coronavirus vaccination programme by this weekend, helped by 8,000 AstraZeneca doses from neighbouring Australia as it tries to prevent its basic ...
Mar 24, 2021
Japan state-funded hotel deal pays rent to Myanmar defence ministry
By Ju-min Park and John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) - A consortium of private Japanese firms and a Japanese state entity paid rent on a multi-million dollar hotel and office development that ultimately wen...
Mar 24, 2021
Nearly all Havana to receive experimental Cuban COVID-19 vaccines
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will administer experimental COVID-19 shots to nearly the entire population of the capital Havana by May as health authorities carry out massive interventional s...
Mar 24, 2021
India reports most COVID-19 deaths this year
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India reported 275 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, the most this year, as a second surge in cases fills up hospital beds in big states such as Maharashtra. Infections rose by 4...
Mar 24, 2021
Bank lending to fossil fuel industry down 9% in COVID-hit year
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest banks cut lending to fossil fuel firms by 9% in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, although funding has still risen over the past five years, a re...
Mar 24, 2021
Colorado shooting rampage investigation yet to uncover motive
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Police were searching for clues on Wednesday into what led a 21-year-old man described as paranoid and angry to open fire at a Colorado supermarket, killing 10 people in th...
Mar 24, 2021
Network Outage: How to reconnect in an era of isolation
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - When it comes to interacting during this pandemic, admit it: We all feel a bit like Tom Hanks in the movie "Cast Away", having conversations with Wilson the volley...
Mar 24, 2021
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 15,813: RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 15,813 to 2,690,523, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday. The rep...
Mar 24, 2021
Aboriginal group has ‘no visibility’ on Rio Tinto’s heritage reforms
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -An Australian Aboriginal group on whose lands Rio Tinto Ltd mines for iron ore said that heritage reforms Rio announced on Tuesday lacked detail and that it had ...
Mar 24, 2021
Container ship runs aground in Suez Canal causing traffic jam
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Seven tug boats have come to the aid of a container ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal on Tuesday and blocked other vessels from transiting one of the world's most important...
Mar 23, 2021
