Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China administered total of 308.23 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of May 7
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China carried out about 10.5 million vaccinations against COVID-19 on May 7, bringing the total number administered to 308.23 million, according to data released by the National H...
May 08, 2021
Attack by unmanned aerial surveillance system targets Iraqi air base – U.S.-led coalition
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An attack by an unmanned aerial surveillance system on Saturday targeted Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq which hosts U.S. and other international forces, but it caused ...
May 08, 2021
New Zealand to resume Australia “travel bubble” as Sydney COVID threat eases
(Reuters) - New Zealand will lift its partial suspension of a "travel bubble" with Australia from midnight on Sunday as fears of a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney eased. New Zealand had blocked travel to ...
May 08, 2021
Colonial Pipeline halts all pipeline operations after cybersecurity attack
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - Colonial Pipeline, the largest U.S. refined products pipeline operator, has halted all operations after it fell victim to a cybersecurity attack on Friday, the ...
May 08, 2021
Chinese rocket debris set for re-entry by early Sunday – U.S. R&D centre
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Remnants of China's largest rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere late Saturday or early Sunday, a U.S. federally funded space-focused resea...
May 08, 2021
India posts record daily rise in COVID-19 deaths as case numbers surge
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Saturday reported a record one-day rise in COVID-19 deaths as cases surged by more than 400,000 for the third consecutive day. India's health ministry reported 4,187 fat...
May 08, 2021
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 15,685 – RKI
BERLIN (Reuters) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 15,685 to 3,507,673, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The repo...
May 07, 2021
Murray to practise with Djokovic in Rome before return from injury
(Reuters) - Britain's Andy Murray will practise with world number one Novak Djokovic and Argentine Diego Schwartzman in Rome on Sunday as part of plans to return to the ATP Tour after an injury lay-of...
May 07, 2021
China says it is exploring feasibility of Kiribati airstrip upgrades
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is working with the tiny Pacific island state of Kiribati to explore the feasibility of improving an airstrip on one of its remote islands, China's foreign ministry said lat...
May 07, 2021
Rio de Janeiro drug shootout death toll rises to 28
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from a police raid on a drug gang in a poor Rio de Janeiro neighborhood on Thursday has risen to 28, civil police said on Friday, the de...
May 07, 2021
