Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Czech Republic plans reopening of schools from March, with testing
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government plans to reopen schools for more students from March 1 with regular testing for coronavirus infections, which remain at high levels, ministers said on Monday. S...
Feb 15, 2021
George Floyd’s family ‘outraged’ after reports of LAPD Valentine-themed image: attorney
(Reuters) - The attorney who represented the family of George Floyd over his death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer issued a statement on Monday following media reports that Los Ange...
Feb 15, 2021
Exclusive: Russia in prisoner swap talks with U.S. over detained American – lawyer
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States are in talks on a possible prisoner swap that could secure the release of Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine jailed for spying, within t...
Feb 15, 2021
Colombia receives first COVID-19 shots, vaccination may begin early
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's first COVID-19 vaccines - 50,000 doses from Pfizer Inc - have arrived in the Andean country, President Ivan Duque said on Monday, ahead of a possible early rollout of ino...
Feb 15, 2021
France reports 412 more COVID-19 deaths, new cases steady on previous week
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 4,376 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, up slightly from last Monday's 4,317 and compared with 16,547 on Sunday. France typically registers a low number of n...
Feb 15, 2021
French IT monitoring company was targeted by hackers, cyber agency says
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - Hackers have spent up to three years breaking into organizations by targeting monitoring software made by the French company Centreon, France's cybersecurity watchdog sai...
Feb 15, 2021
Alpine skiing: Need for speed keeps me going, says record-breaker Shiffrin
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - American Mikaela Shiffrin claimed a record-breaking ninth world championships podium finish by taking gold in the women's combined on Monday and said winning a med...
Feb 15, 2021
Israel to ease more COVID curbs, launch leisure ‘Green Pass’ on Feb. 21
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel plans to ease more restrictions on businesses on Sunday and reopen hotels and gyms to those fully vaccinated or deemed immune after recovering from COVID-19, the government...
Feb 15, 2021
WTO’s incoming head Okonjo-Iweala says top priority is health
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization's incoming chief told Reuters on Monday that her top priority was to ensure the WTO does more to address the COVID-19 pandemic and said she was conf...
Feb 15, 2021
UK’s Johnson says: world needs pandemic treaty to ensure transparency
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that world powers should clinch a global treaty on pandemics to ensure proper transparency after the novel coro...
Feb 15, 2021
