Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A flat New Year for Seoul pancake houses as COVID-19 curbs hit festivities
By Minwoo Park and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - On Lunar New Year holidays, Lee Soon-ai's pancake house in Seoul is usually packed with customers while others queue outside. This year, however, the "p...
Feb 11, 2021
Russian prosecutor issues warning over Sunday’s planned Navalny protest
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian prosecutor's office on Thursday issued a formal warning over a protest planned on Valentine's Day this weekend in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, saying...
Feb 11, 2021
AstraZeneca expects COVID-19 vaccine capacity of 200 million a month by April
By Pushkala Aripaka LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca expects to produce more than 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine - developed with Oxford University - this month, ramping up to more than 200 m...
Feb 11, 2021
Gaza burn victims get 3D-printer face masks made close to home
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Ahmed Al-Natour was working at his Gaza market shoe stall when a fire started in a nearby bakery and swept through a crowd of shoppers last March. Twenty-five peo...
Feb 11, 2021
EU close to sealing supply deal with Novavax for COVID-19 vaccines – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union could sign a supply deal with Novavax this week or next for the U.S. company's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, two EU officials involved in the talks with the firm ...
Feb 11, 2021
Italy’s 5-Star members vote over Draghi as political crisis nears end
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement began voting on Thursday on whether to support a cabinet led by former European Central Bank head Mario Draghi, in what cou...
Feb 11, 2021
Euro zone growth in 2021 to rebound less than expected
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone economy will rebound less than earlier expected from the coronavirus slump this year as a second wave of the pandemic put economies in new lockdo...
Feb 11, 2021
More than 40% of Britons in poor health or struggling financially amid pandemic, says UK regulator
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of Britons are struggling financially or suffering poor health, a sharp increase from last year driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain's Financia...
Feb 11, 2021
Black entrepreneur breaks into France’s exclusive champagne club
By Yiming Woo REIMS, France (Reuters) - When Marie-Ines Romelle, a Black woman born on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, decided to join the exclusive world of France's champagne producers, she saw ...
Feb 11, 2021
European rights advocate asks Russia to explain police action over protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A European human rights advocate has asked Russia to explain reports police used excessive force to disperse anti-Kremlin protests and committed rights abuses, and reminded Moscow o...
Feb 11, 2021
