Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Turkish authorities detain 65 more people over university protests
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police detained 65 people late on Thursday over protests which first started last month at a top university, authorities said on Friday, continuing a crackdown on the prot...
Feb 05, 2021
AstraZeneca expects U.S. trial results in next 4-6 weeks, research chief says
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca expects results from the U.S. clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in the next four to six weeks, the pharma firm's research chief Mene Pangalos said on Friday. Asked ...
Feb 05, 2021
Analysis: Russia’s Navalny case casts shadow on German politics ahead of election
By Thomas Escritt and Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) - Pity Germany's next chancellor. The poisoning and jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has thrust Nord Stream 2 - a pipeline to take Russian ga...
Feb 05, 2021
Virginia lawmakers to vote on abolishing death penalty
By Brendan O'Brien and Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Virginia are expected to vote on Friday to make it the first Southern state to abolish the death penalty, a significant sign of the wanin...
Feb 05, 2021
Tens of thousands sign Japanese petition against Games chief after sexist comments
TOKYO (Reuters) - A petition calling for action against Yoshiro Mori, head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee who caused an uproar with sexist comments, gathered tens of thousands of signature...
Feb 05, 2021
GameStop shares rise after Robinhood lifts trading curbs
(Reuters) - Shares of GameStop and other companies caught in the recent social media-hyped trading frenzy rose on Friday, after online broker Robinhood lifted all the buying curbs imposed at the heigh...
Feb 05, 2021
Too delicate: Germany ducks Taiwan appeal for COVID-19 vaccine supply
By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany on Friday ducked an appeal by Taiwan for its help to supply COVID-19 vaccines, as the Asian tech powerhouse's request for assistance following Berlin's p...
Feb 05, 2021
U.S. trade deficit jumps to 12-year high in 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' trade deficit surged to its highest level in 12 years in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the flow of goods and services. The Commerce Department said ...
Feb 05, 2021
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
