Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Dozens burned alive in Congo bus crash
KINSHASA (Reuters) - About 40 passengers were burned alive when a bus overturned and caught fire in western Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, an official said. The accident occurred near the vil...
Apr 09, 2021
Brazil March inflation 6.1%, highest since 2016
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Brazil rose above 6% in March for the first time in more than four years, official figures showed on Friday, as spiking fuel and energy price...
Apr 09, 2021
Prominent Greek journalist shot dead by motorcycle gunmen: police
ATHENS (Reuters) - Two gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a prominent Greek crime journalist near his home in Athens on Friday, police said. George Karaivaz, a veteran journalist for private broadc...
Apr 09, 2021
Fed’s Clarida: Coming higher inflation should ‘revert back’ by year’s end
(Corrects attribution in 2nd paragraph to Bloomberg) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If an expected jump in inflation this year does not reverse going into 2022 the Fed "will have to take that into account" Fe...
Apr 09, 2021
WHO director laments ‘shocking imbalance’ in COVID-19 shot distribution
GENEVA (Reuters) - There is a "shocking imbalance" in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide and most countries do not have anywhere near enough shots to cover at-risk groups, WHO Director-Ge...
Apr 09, 2021
Canada adds 303,100 jobs in March, unemployment rate falls to 7.5%
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada added 303,100 jobs in March, easily beating expectations, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.5%, its lowest point since the beginning of the pandemic, Statistics Canada data...
Apr 09, 2021
Take Five: Who’s afraid of U.S. inflation?
LONDON (Reuters) - 1/ U.S. INFLATION U.S. consumer prices for March are due out Tuesday and markets are ready to scour the data for signs that massive stimulus spending is spurring inflation. Rising i...
Apr 09, 2021
Families thwart COVID-19 patient transfers as third wave grips France
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) - In March, emergency room doctor Frederic Adnet needed to move COVID-19 patients from his fast-filling Paris hospital to less hard-hit regions of France to free u...
Apr 09, 2021
EU reviews J&J COVID-19 vaccine for blood clots, expands AstraZeneca probe
(Corrects typo in paragraph 3) (Reuters) - Europe's drugs regulator said on Friday it was reviewing reports of a bleeding condition in people after receiving AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and looking...
Apr 09, 2021
China in touch with ‘all parties’ in Myanmar, embassy says
(Reuters) - China's embassy in Yangon said on Friday it had been in touch with "all parties" in military-ruled Myanmar, when asked about a report that a diplomat had spoken to a parallel government re...
Apr 09, 2021
