Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ireland reports 101 COVID-19 deaths in highest daily total
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland reported 101 deaths related to COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest number of deaths confirmed in a single day since the start of the pandemic, exceeding the previous peak of 93...
Feb 02, 2021
U.S. says Myanmar military takeover constitutes coup, reviewing aid
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department will conduct a review of its foreign assistance to Myanmar after determining that the military takeover in the Asian c...
Feb 02, 2021
U.N. envoy urges Security Council to ‘send clear signal’ on Myanmar democracy
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top U.N. official urged the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to "collectively send a clear signal in support of democracy in Myanmar" as the 15-mem...
Feb 02, 2021
Offline message app downloaded over million times after Myanmar coup
By Fanny Potkin and Jessie Pang SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Offline messaging app Bridgefy said it was downloaded more than 1 million times in Myanmar, after the country's military seized power on Monday an...
Feb 02, 2021
Turkey, U.S. security advisers hold first talks since Biden inauguration
ANKARA (Reuters) - Top advisers for Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on the phone on Tuesday, marking the first official contact between the two countries since Bid...
Feb 02, 2021
White House to boost COVID-19 vaccine to states: New York governor
(Reuters) - The White House has indicated it would boost the federal government's planned increase in the supply of COVID-19 vaccine to states to 20 percent from 16 percent, New York Governor Andrew C...
Feb 02, 2021
Russian court sentences Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to three and half years in jail
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to three and a half years in jail on Tuesday after ruling he had violated the terms of his parole, but said that his prison t...
Feb 02, 2021
Saudi Arabia suspends entry from 20 countries from Feb. 3: state news agency
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended entry to the kingdom from 20 countries, with the exception of diplomats, Saudi citizens, medical practitioners and their families, to help curb the ...
Feb 02, 2021
Rio de Janeiro mayor says hundreds of vaccines okay after power outage
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro will be able to use hundreds of coronavirus vaccines that the city initially feared would need to be thrown out after a power outage left them stored at an in...
Feb 02, 2021
Peru regulators approve Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19: filing
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru has approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for one year, according to a regulatory filing viewed by Reuters, amid a recent spike in coronavirus cases that has brought...
Feb 02, 2021
