Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italy’s Draghi calls for U.S. and UK to lift block on COVID vaccine exports
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Wednesday that the United States and Britain should lift their block on the export of COVID-19 vaccines. Draghi told the lower house of par...
May 12, 2021
Petra Diamonds says it reaches settlement on rights abuse claims
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Petra Diamonds has reached a settlement with claimants at its Williamson mine in Tanzania who accused the firm of being responsible for widespread human rights violations including...
May 12, 2021
Israeli chipmaker Tower Semi profit just shy of estimates
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tower Semiconductor reported on Wednesday a slightly lower than expected rise in first-quarter profit, sending its shares sharply lower, but forecast revenue above estimates for ...
May 12, 2021
Australia’s Wright launches lawsuit over $5.7 billion bitcoin haul
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - An Australian computer scientist who alleges he created bitcoin has launched a London High Court lawsuit against 16 software developers in an effort to secure bitc...
May 12, 2021
Britain says ex-Bosnian Serb wartime leader Karadzic to serve jail term in UK
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Wednesday it had agreed former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, convicted of war crimes during the Balkan conflict of the 1990s, should be transferred ...
May 12, 2021
Colombia protests enter third week with national strike
By Oliver Griffin and Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA/CALI (Reuters) - Anti-government protests in Colombia entered their third week on Wednesday as unions, student groups and other organizations convened a ...
May 12, 2021
Brazil ex-health minister saw no need for Pfizer vaccine, say sources
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello failed to take up Pfizer Inc on its offer of COVID-19 vaccines last year because he believed Brazil should rely ...
May 12, 2021
World Bank signs $500 million infrastructure project for Congo’s capital
KINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday signed a $500 million infrastructure project with Democratic Republic of Congo to improve roads, mitigate flood risks, fight erosion and develop public...
May 12, 2021
Greek tourism minister hopeful of joining Britain’s ‘green list’
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis said on Wednesday he was hopeful Britain would include Greece on its "green list" of quarantine-free holiday destinations when the list is rev...
May 12, 2021
Explainer: How Jerusalem tensions sparked heaviest Israel-Gaza fighting in years
By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Weeks of violent clashes in East Jerusalem have ignited the heaviest fighting in years between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. At the core of th...
May 12, 2021
