Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Bulgaria to cancel $1.74 billion armoured vehicle tender, defence minister says
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's defence minister said on Friday he has asked the government to cancel a 1.46 billion euro ($1.74 billion) tender to buy 150 armoured vehicles as offers by the two short-li...
Mar 05, 2021
Britain brings in new paperwork for lockdown travellers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it would require people travelling abroad from March 8 to carry a new form setting out why their trip was permitted under strict lockdown restrictions. Under ...
Mar 05, 2021
U.S. denies report of potential sanctions on Lebanese central bank chief
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.S. State Department spokesperson denied on Friday that Washington was weighing sanctions against Lebanon's long-serving Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh. "We have seen reports...
Mar 05, 2021
Pakistan health workers hesitate over Sinopharm vaccine, poll says
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Just over a half of Pakistan's health workers have received a COVID-19 shot since inoculations began last month, while a poll released on Friday suggested nearly h...
Mar 05, 2021
Twitter explores ‘undo send’ feature for paying users
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc is testing an "undo send" function that would give users a short time to withdraw a tweet before it is posted, the company confirmed on Friday. App resea...
Mar 05, 2021
Holland restaurateur faces fines, arrest for violating COVID-19 rules
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Marlena Pavlos-Hackney, the Holland restaurant owner who refuses to close or limit her business so it follows COVID-19 restrictions, faces jail in addition to fines after ...
Mar 05, 2021
Canada approves J&J’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine, source says
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's drug regulator has approved Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, the fourth such vaccine to be given the green light, a government source said on Friday. The o...
Mar 05, 2021
Abbott’s test to distinguish coronavirus and flu viruses gets U.S. authorization
(Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories said on Friday the U.S. health regulator has granted emergency use authorization for its molecular test to detect and distinguish the coronavirus and two types of flu v...
Mar 05, 2021
France drops negative COVID-19 test requirement for Irish hauliers
DUBLIN (Reuters) - France will no longer require proof of a negative coronavirus test result from hauliers travelling directly from Ireland, the Irish transport government said on Friday, citing very ...
Mar 05, 2021
Restored Chaplin films to be released in cinemas worldwide
LONDON (Reuters) - A hundred years since Charlie Chaplin directed and starred in his first feature-length film "The Kid", some of the silent comic's best-known movies are being restored to be released...
Mar 05, 2021
