Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. has received 2,500 unruly airline passenger reports since Jan. 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday that airlines have referred about 2,500 unruly-passenger reports to the agency this year, including 1,900 cases for...
May 24, 2021
Thailand to extend dose gap for AstraZeneca vaccine to 16 weeks
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will extend the gap between the first and second doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to 16 weeks, in an effort to inoculate more people faster, a senior health officia...
May 24, 2021
Syria’s election holds few surprises after years of war
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Campaign posters for Bashar al-Assad line the streets of Damascus, alongside those for two obscure rivals, but no one really doubts that Wednesday's election w...
May 24, 2021
Soccer-Cantona says fans should get share of voting rights at clubs
(Reuters) - Former Manchester United forward Eric Cantona called on Tuesday for football fans to be given voting rights and a share of ownership at clubs. The former France international has previousl...
May 24, 2021
Coinbase appoints former White House staffer as chief policy officer
(Reuters) - Coinbase Global Inc has appointed Faryar Shirzad, a former White House official, as chief policy officer, the cryptocurrency exchange said in a blog post on Monday. Shirzad joins the compa...
May 24, 2021
Scion of a dynasty, Assad rules over shattered Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad, once seen as a reformer but viewed by his many foes as a tyrant after a decade of war and repression, looks set to extend his family's dynastic rule of Sy...
May 24, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs inmate’s firing squad request
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to let a Missouri death row inmate with significant health problems pursue his effort to face execution by firing squ...
May 24, 2021
Danish man on trial in Finland for 1987 ferry attack on two German students
By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) - A 52-year-old Danish man went on trial in a Finnish court on Monday charged with the 1987 murder and attempted murder of two German backpackers, who were beaten with...
May 24, 2021
China offers vaccines, medical experts to Taiwan to fight COVID
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government said on Monday it was willing to make speedy arrangements to send COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan and could send medical experts too, as the island battles a spi...
May 24, 2021
Myanmar news site says American editor detained
(Reuters) - An American editor of a news site in military-ruled Myanmar was detained on Monday as he attempted to take a flight out of the country, his news organisation said, the third foreign journa...
May 24, 2021
