Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China’s Xi ready to step up climate change cooperation with France, Germany
BEIJING (Reuters) -China is willing to strengthen cooperation with France and Germany to cope with climate change, President Xi Jinping told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and German Chancello...
Apr 16, 2021
Swiss National Bank, after U.S. Treasury report, says it is not manipulating franc
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank (SNB) on Friday said it does not engage in any form of currency manipulation, after the U.S. Treasury Department's latest report on foreign exchange policies...
Apr 16, 2021
China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine 67% effective in preventing symptomatic infection: Chile govt report
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac was 67% effective in preventing symptomatic infection, the Chilean government said on Friday in the first real-world study of the vaccin...
Apr 16, 2021
Data in Michigan shows second consecutive year of decreased opioid related deaths
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan is reporting a second consecutive year of decreasing opioid overdose deaths and drug overdose deaths, in general, have also declined. The Michigan Department ...
Apr 16, 2021
Kremlin critic Navalny says prison staff threatening to force-feed him imminently
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday that prison authorities have threatened to put him in a straitjacket to force-feed him unless he abandons his hunger strike becau...
Apr 16, 2021
Madrid may shut down mass vaccination centres unless more shots arrive
MADRID (Reuters) - A shortage of coronavirus shots may force the Madrid region to close down mass vaccination centres next week, the regional public health chief said on Friday, as infections in the S...
Apr 16, 2021
Dutch coronavirus cases jump nearly 9,000 in 24 hours
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - New coronavirus cases in the Netherlands rose by nearly 9,000 in 24 hours, the fastest pace since early January, data released on Friday showed. The figures published by the Nati...
Apr 16, 2021
Analysis: U.S. announcement of pullout from Afghanistan undermines chances of peace
By Hamid Shalizi, Charlotte Greenfield and Jibran Ahmad KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's announced pullout of troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 has jeopardised Washington's push for peac...
Apr 16, 2021
With food and fuel, Hezbollah braces for the worst in Lebanon collapse
By Laila Bassam and Ellen Francis BEIRUT, (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah has made preparations for an all-out collapse of the fracturing state, issuing ration cards for food, importing medicine and r...
Apr 16, 2021
One in three Germans to be offered first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by summer: Spahn
BERLIN (Reuters) - By end of May, one in three Germans should have been offered a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday. Germany should be able to abandon its stric...
Apr 16, 2021
