Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. lawmakers to back $1.9 billion to replace telecom equipment from China’s Huawei, ZTE – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are expected to endorse $1.9 billion to fund a program to remove telecom network equipment that the U.S. government says pose national security risks as part of a...
Dec 20, 2020
Britain reports 35,928 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily rise so far
LONDON (Reuters) -The number of COVID-19 cases in Britain surged by 35,928 on Sunday, official data showed, the highest daily rise since the start of the pandemic. There were also 326 deaths within 28...
Dec 20, 2020
Central African Republic opposition calls for election delay due to violence
By Antoine Rolland BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic's main opposition coalition on Sunday demanded the Dec. 27 general election be postponed due to violence by armed groups outside the capi...
Dec 20, 2020
Bosnia’s divided town of Mostar holds first local vote in 12 years
By Dado Ruvic MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) - Citizens in Bosnia's ethnically divided town of Mostar voted for their city councillors on Sunday for the first time in 12 years, after the rival Croat and Bos...
Dec 20, 2020
U.S. officials eye new COVID-19 strain in UK, urge vigilance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is monitoring the new strain of COVID-19 emerging in the United Kingdom, multiple U.S. officials said on Sunday, adding that it was unclear whether the mutated ...
Dec 20, 2020
Around 100 protesters detained in Belarus in weekly march
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities in Belarus detained around 100 protesters on Sunday during a weekly anti-government march in Minsk, an Interior Ministry representative said in a statement. Belarus, a c...
Dec 20, 2020
Romney says Trump has ‘blind spot’ on Russia, calls hack ‘extraordinarily damaging’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Mitt Romney said a widespread data breach across the U.S. government was "extraordinarily damaging" and that President Donald Trump has a "blind spot" wh...
Dec 20, 2020
Top U.S. health official says third COVID-19 vaccine could come next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A third vaccine to stave off COVID-19 could get U.S. approval as early as next month, a top U.S. health official said on Sunday as the second vaccine began shipping out nationwi...
Dec 20, 2020
Dutch register record 13,032 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday -data
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in the Netherlands jumped by more than 13,000 in 24 hours to hit another record, data released by Dutch health authorities on Sunday showed. COVID-19 infections...
Dec 20, 2020
European neighbours restrict travel to Britain as new coronavirus strain spreads
LONDON (Reuters) - Several European countries placed new restrictions on travel to and from the United Kingdom on Sunday due to concern over a new strain of the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly t...
Dec 20, 2020
