Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Gas to Gaza? The pipeline that might provide a lifeline
By Ari Rabinovitch and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Talks on a gas pipeline that would cross political faultlines and deliver reliable energy to the impoverished Gaza Strip have moved from ...
Feb 23, 2021
Dutch expected to ease lockdown slightly despite rising infections
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands is expected to announce a slight easing of COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday, allowing schools and hairdressers to reopen, as the government seeks to relieve month...
Feb 23, 2021
Sweden readies new measures as COVID-19 cases accelerate
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden is preparing new measures to try to curb a resurgence in COVID-19 cases as the coronavirus strain first detected in Britain spreads rapidly, the architect of Sweden's pand...
Feb 23, 2021
India sends first vaccine doses to Africa under WHO’s COVAX programme
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will on Tuesday make its first shipment of a locally made COVID-19 shot to the WHO-backed equitable vaccine distribution network COVAX, the government said. "Fulfilling our...
Feb 23, 2021
Britain agrees to EU request for more time to ratify Brexit trade deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has agreed to the European Union's request to delay ratification of their post-Brexit trade agreement until April 30, cabinet office minister Michael Gove said on Monday. Ea...
Feb 23, 2021
Sovereign wealth funds pull $16.3 billion from market strategies in fourth quarter
By Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) - Sovereign wealth funds pulled $16.3 billion from public market investment strategies, largely equities, in the fourth quarter, the most in almost four years, driven la...
Feb 23, 2021
Former U.S. House sergeant-at-arms denies ‘optics’ dictated security at Capitol Jan. 6
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. House sergeant-at-arms Paul Irving Tuesday denied authorities had rejected having National Guard troops working at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 alongside Capitol Polic...
Feb 23, 2021
U.N. must do more to ensure equal vaccine access, Mexico says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday urged the United Nations to do more to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, particularly among poorer countrie...
Feb 23, 2021
‘No fourth lockdown’: Ireland to set out cautious reopening plan
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will set out a broad and gradual plan to reopen its economy on Tuesday to ensure there is no fourth lockdown, a minister said, as the more infectious UK CO...
Feb 23, 2021
Top Amazon India executive questioned by police over video series
By Saurabh Sharma and Shilpa Jamkhandikar LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Indian police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh questioned a top Amazon executive for nearly four hours on Tuesday over allega...
Feb 23, 2021
