Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia to meet its Sputnik V vaccine export promises over next 6-9 months: RDIF chief
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Major export deals to supply doses of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 will be fulfilled over the next six to nine months, the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, Kirill D...
Jan 14, 2021
One-dose Sputnik V vaccine to have 73-85% efficacy: Russia fund chief
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A one-dose course of Russia's Sputnik vaccine against COVID-19 will have an efficacy rate of 73-85%, the head of the country's sovereign wealth fund told Reuters on Thursday. Author...
Jan 14, 2021
Gaza man with disabilities conquers karate
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Youssef Abu Amira, a Palestinian law school graduate, never let disabilities hold him back. Born without legs and with only partially developed arms, he has taken...
Jan 14, 2021
Indonesia may allow private sector to buy and distribute vaccines
By Maikel Jefriando and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia may allow companies to procure their own COVID-19 vaccines, the country's health minister said on Thursday, as an influential bus...
Jan 14, 2021
Greece seeks to send 1,450 migrants back to Turkey
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is pushing to return 1,450 people currently in migrant reception centres on Lesbos and other Aegean islands to Turkey, Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said on Thursday, ca...
Jan 14, 2021
UK says it can overcome post-Brexit fishing “teething” woes, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain believes it can resolve the post-Brexit "teething issues" that have prevented Scottish fishermen from exporting goods to the European Union because of customs delays, food a...
Jan 14, 2021
Pope Francis, ex Pope Benedict both get Covid-19 vaccine: Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Both Pope Francis and ex Pope Benedict have received the first dose of a vaccine against coronavirus, the Vatican said on Thursday. The 84-year-old pope and the 93-year-old fo...
Jan 14, 2021
Russia’s COVID vaccine to be registered in nine countries this month: RDIF chief
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 will be registered in nine other countries this month, the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday. Kirill Dmitriev told ...
Jan 14, 2021
Land of wine and honey? Israeli settlers export to UAE, to Palestinian chagrin
By Rami Ayyub and Lisa Barrington REHELIM, West Bank/DUBAI (Reuters) - Wine produced in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank and labelled "from the land of Israel" will soon be available fo...
Jan 14, 2021
Africa cannot relax now COVID-19 vaccines are coming, health boss says
ABUJA (Reuters) - Vaccines are not yet Africa's antidote to the coronavirus pandemic, a regional health official said on Thursday, after the African Union (AU) secured 270 million doses for the contin...
Jan 14, 2021
