Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain pushes for vaccine certificates to ease travel resumption
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is pushing the European Union and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development for the creation of a COVID-19 vaccine certification that would ease travel, Forei...
Jan 21, 2021
India’s vaccine diplomacy in south Asia pushes back against China
By Sanjeev Miglani and Gopal Sharma NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU (Reuters) - India will give millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine to South Asian countries in the next few weeks, government sources said on Thu...
Jan 21, 2021
Swiss crematorium braces for more COVID deaths, tries to enable peaceful goodbyes
By John Revill ZURICH, January 21 (Reuters) - Switzerland's biggest crematorium is bracing itself for a renewed spike in coronavirus deaths as new variants of the virus drive up infection rates around...
Jan 21, 2021
Japanese court rejects expatriates’ bid to cling to citizenship
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - A Tokyo court rejected on Thursday a lawsuit by Japanese living in Europe who sought to retain their nationality even after taking foreign citizenship, instead of lo...
Jan 21, 2021
French state ready to help Eurostar, in talks with UK over matter – minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The French state is ready to help Eurostar - whose business has been hit hard by COVID-19 travel restrictions - and is in talks with the British government over the matter, French ju...
Jan 21, 2021
Nuveen exits Chinese companies affected by U.S. investment ban
LONDON (Reuters) - Nuveen, the $1.1 trillion asset management arm of TIAA, has sold out of the Chinese companies affected by the recent ban on U.S. investment, it said in an email to Reuters. Nuveen h...
Jan 21, 2021
World No.1 Barty joins elite field for Adelaide exhibition
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Ash Barty will join Serena Williams, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic in playing a pre-Australian Open exhibition event in Adelaide at the end of the month, organis...
Jan 21, 2021
Swiss resort St Moritz mass testing finds 53 COVID infections, 31 variant cases
ZURICH (Reuters) - Mass COVID-19 testing of thousands of people in the Swiss resort of St Moritz where luxury hotels were placed under quarantine found 53 coronavirus infections, including 31 cases of...
Jan 21, 2021
Russian conscript jailed for 24-1/2 years for killing eight people: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A conscript was sentenced to 24-1/2 years in prison by a Russian court on Thursday for killing eight people at a military base in 2019, a crime he said was provoked by bullying, the...
Jan 21, 2021
NHL roundup: Canucks blow 4 leads, top Habs in shootout
Bo Horvat scored twice in a three-point game and netted the shootout winner as the Vancouver Canucks claimed their home opener by a 6-5 count over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night. Braden Hol...
Jan 21, 2021
