Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Soaring prices spur miners’ hunt for growth, fueling indigenous and investor ire
By Jeff Lewis and Melanie Burton TORONTO/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Miners from Australia to Canada are expanding operations despite concerns from indigenous groups about damage to wildlife, water supplies...
Mar 17, 2021
Paraguay lawmakers launch long-shot impeachment bid against Abdo over pandemic
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguayan opposition lawmakers launched a bid on Wednesday to impeach President Mario Abdo over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, though ...
Mar 17, 2021
Egypt jails activist who called to free prisoners amid pandemic
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced prominent female activist Sanaa Seif to a year and a half in prison on Wednesday for spreading false news, her sister and judicial sources said. Seif was ...
Mar 17, 2021
Tunisian court frees prominent women’s activist
TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian appeals court released on Wednesday a prominent women's rights defender and LGBTI activist who had been jailed on charges of "insulting police and abuse of morals", her la...
Mar 17, 2021
Biden says political stability of Northern Ireland is important
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden expressed support on Wednesday for the Good Friday Agreement and said political stability in Northern Ireland is critically important as he marked St. P...
Mar 17, 2021
UK says vaccine supply is lumpy after letter warning of significant shortfall
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's supply of coronavirus vaccines is "lumpy", health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday after a letter warned there would be a significant reduction in the amount of vac...
Mar 17, 2021
Reassuring evidence does not link AstraZeneca shot to blood clots, English medical official says
LONDON (Reuters) - There is a lot of reassuring evidence that suggests there is no increased risk of blood clots from AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, England's deputy chief medical officer said, addin...
Mar 17, 2021
Sudanese military company to give up its civilian operations
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - One of Sudan's biggest military firms has agreed to gradually hand over its civilian operations to the finance ministry, with the goal of eventually converting it to a public shar...
Mar 17, 2021
Kenyan court says police to blame for death of girl after 2017 elections
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan inquest has ruled that police are to blame for the death of a 9-year-old girl during violence after the 2017 elections, saying that if the police wanted to find the girl's...
Mar 17, 2021
Germany’s Merck in fresh investment to make bioreactor gear in France
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Merck KGaA said it would invest 25 million euros ($29.9 million) in Molsheim, France, to make disposable plastic materials for bioreactors, an essentia...
Mar 17, 2021
