Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Dozens of leading Hong Kong democrats brace for national security charges to be laid
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Several dozen Hong Kong democrats are due to report to local police stations across the city on Sunday, with some expecting to be charged with br...
Feb 27, 2021
All English households with school children offered twice weekly COVID tests
LONDON (Reuters) - All households in England with school or college aged children will be offered two rapid COVID-19 tests per person per week to support the government's priority to get young people ...
Feb 27, 2021
U.S. authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccinated in the coming weeks and ...
Feb 27, 2021
New Zealand’s Auckland starts second lockdown in month
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, woke up on Sunday morning to a second lockdown in a month as health authorities try to rein in a coronavirus cluster of the more contagious ...
Feb 27, 2021
Raptors look to continue mastery of Bulls
The Chicago Bulls have lost 12 games in a row to Toronto and they will be out to change that Sunday night when they visit the Raptors in Tampa, Fla. The Bulls' consecutive losses to the Raptors have b...
Feb 27, 2021
UK’s Sunak to provide 5 billion pounds of grants to pandemic hit businesses in budget
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce 5 billion pounds ($7 billion) of additional grants to help businesses hit hard by pandemic lockdowns in his budget statement next ...
Feb 27, 2021
Brazil registers over 1,300 COVID-19 deaths for fifth straight day
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 1,386 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday and 61,602 additional cases, according to data released by the nation's Health Ministry. The South American country has s...
Feb 27, 2021
Dominican Republic to construct fence along border with Haiti
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic will begin constructing a fence along its 376-kilometer (234 mi) border with Haiti later this year to curb unauthorized migration and illicit trade, Pr...
Feb 27, 2021
Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador vows to fight after junta fired him
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Myanmar's United Nations envoy in New York vowed to fight on Saturday after the junta fired him for urging countries to use "any means necessary" to reverse a ...
Feb 27, 2021
Israeli team in Greece probing ship suspected of oil spill, ministry says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has sent investigators to Greece to inspect a ship suspected of causing an oil spill that has covered much of Israel's shoreline with tar, the Environment Protection Minis...
Feb 27, 2021
