Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia’s ‘Children of the Gulag’ battle to return home after exile
By Tom Balmforth and Evgenia Novozhenina MOSCOW/ZOLOTKOVSKY RAZEZD (Reuters) - Living in a wooden hut 300 km from Moscow, Elizaveta Mikhaylova feels trapped in the same forced exile imposed on her fam...
Jan 14, 2021
IKEA stores owner Ingka buys 10,840 acres of U.S. forest land
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores, said on Thursday it had acquired more forest land in the United States as part of the world's biggest furniture group's goal to become...
Jan 14, 2021
UK to make COVID announcement soon on South America travel: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government is due to make an announcement soon on travel from Brazil and other countries in South America, the BBC said on Thursday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on W...
Jan 14, 2021
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez to perform at diverse Biden inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will take the stage at U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony in Washington next week alongside others in what his transition team s...
Jan 14, 2021
Exclusive: Long-withheld Pentagon survey shows widespread racial discrimination, harassment
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly a third of Black U.S. military servicemembers reported experiencing racial discrimination, harassment or both during a 12-month period, according to resul...
Jan 14, 2021
Brazil to start COVID vaccinations on January 21, says Senator
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil is set to begin vaccinations against COVID-19 on Jan. 21, Senator Nelsinho Trad tweeted on Thursday, citing a conversation with Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello. Pres...
Jan 14, 2021
Moscow says approval of non-Russian COVID-19 vaccines possible: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia could approve non-Russian vaccines against COVID-19, including the shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, TASS cited the head of state healthcare regulator Roszdravnadzor as ...
Jan 14, 2021
Hungary embarks on approval process for Sinopharm COVID vaccine: foreign minister’s spokesman
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has embarked on the approval process for the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine developed by the company's Beijing-based affiliate that got approved in China in December, the H...
Jan 14, 2021
Record 4.5 million people on English hospital waiting lists in November
LONDON (Reuters) - A record 4.5 million people in England were awaiting non-urgent hospital treatment in November and the number waiting for more than a year has soared, figures showed, underscoring t...
Jan 14, 2021
Nokia signs up Google for building cloud-based 5G network
(Reuters) - Nokia on Thursday partnered with Alphabet's Google Cloud unit to build 5G core network infrastructure and allow business customers to offer services such as smart retail and automated manu...
Jan 14, 2021
