Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kenya’s Kibet gets four-year ban for violating anti-doping rules
(Reuters) - Kenyan distance runner James Kibet has been handed a four-year ban for anti-doping violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. Kibet was provisionally suspended after hi...
Feb 05, 2021
Seven million Italians seen fully vaccinated by end-March – COVID commissioner
By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - If vaccine supplies are confirmed, seven million Italians could be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of March, the government's special commissioner Domen...
Feb 05, 2021
Intruder being investigated at Joint Base Andrews, home of Air Force One
(Reuters) - The United States Air Force is investigating an intruder at Joint Base Andrews, the military facility in Maryland that is home to Air Force One, the aircraft that flies the president. "An ...
Feb 05, 2021
Student protests highlight Erdogan’s struggle to win over Turkey’s Gen Z
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish student Azelya Celik works late into the night typing up notes on molecular biology before grabbing a few hours sleep and heading into ...
Feb 05, 2021
Understanding COVID-19 origins will take years, says WHO team member
By David Kirton WUHAN, China (Reuters) - A member of the World Health Organization-led team visiting the central Chinese city of Wuhan said he has been surprised by the complexity of getting to the or...
Feb 05, 2021
Explainer: Can Scotland hold another independence referendum?
By Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish nationalists are pushing for an independence referendum to be held after this May's Scottish parliament election, but British Prime M...
Feb 05, 2021
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine works against UK variant, Oxford says
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca and Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine has similar efficacy against the "Kent" coronavirus variant currently circulating in Britain as it does to the previously circul...
Feb 05, 2021
Britain to work with Germany’s CureVac on vaccines against coronavirus variants
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Friday said it had agreed on a deal with German biotech firm CureVac to work to develop vaccines against coronavirus variants, placing an initial order for 50 million dos...
Feb 05, 2021
Judges, not voters, may decide on Scottish independence vote
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's top civil court dealt nationalists a blow on Friday by declining to rule that the Scottish parliament had the right to call an independence referendum w...
Feb 05, 2021
Vatican urges U.N. Security Council meeting on COVID vaccine access
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The charity arm of the Vatican and Roman Catholic Church urged the United Nations on Friday to hold a Security Council meeting to designate the equitable di...
Feb 05, 2021
