Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer-Jerusalem tense over evictions and holidays
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - East Jerusalem has seen nightly clashes during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with Palestinians pitted against Israeli police and settlers. The issues and the...
May 09, 2021
Tennis-Osaka says risk of staging Olympics must be carefully weighed
(Reuters) - Japan's Naomi Osaka said on Sunday that while she has spent her entire life waiting to compete at the Olympics, the risks of holding the Tokyo Games amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic shoul...
May 09, 2021
Siberian doctor who treated Kremlin critic Navalny goes missing, police say
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Siberian doctor who treated Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after he collapsed on a flight in Russia last year has gone missing, Russian police said on Sunday. Police in the Omsk re...
May 09, 2021
Olympics-Gatlin feels ‘beyond safe’ thanks to COVID protocols
By Chris Gallagher TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. sprinter Justin Gatlin said he felt "beyond safe" thanks to the COVID-19 protocols he needed to follow on his visit to Japan to participate in an Olympics tes...
May 09, 2021
Top House Republican says he will back Stefanik, not Trump critic Cheney, as conference chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives signaled on Sunday that he would vote to remove fellow Republican and Trump critic Liz Cheney as a party leader, saying h...
May 09, 2021
U.S. has long way to go to recover from pandemic -commerce secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Americans are still struggling to return to work after the coronavirus pandemic and last week's lower-than-expected jobs numbers were a reflection of that, Commerce Secreta...
May 09, 2021
South Sudan president dissolves parliament in line with peace deal
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, a long-awaited step to pave the way for the appointment of lawmakers from formerly warring parties in the country. The mov...
May 09, 2021
Slovak health ministry says Sputnik V doses tested in Hungary satisfactory
PRAGUE (Reuters) - A Slovakia health ministry spokeswoman said on Sunday a Hungarian lab has confirmed that the first batch of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines sent to Slovakia were satisfactory a...
May 09, 2021
Armenians rally in support of ex-president Kocharyan ahead of vote
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Several thousand Armenians rallied in the capital Yerevan on Sunday to show their support for a new political alliance created by former president Robert Kocharyan ahead of an early...
May 09, 2021
COVID-19 cases and deaths fall further in the UK, vaccinations rise
LONDON (Reuters) - A total of 1,770 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the United Kingdom on Sunday, with the seven-day total of 14,659 cases down by 4.3% compared with the previous seven days. Th...
May 09, 2021
