Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ethiopian general says Eritrean troops entered Tigray: video clip
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A senior Ethiopian general said in a video clip posted on social media this week that Eritrean troops had entered the country uninvited while his soldiers were battling a rebelliou...
Jan 07, 2021
Shopify removes stores affiliated with Trump
(Reuters) - Canada's Shopify Inc took down stores affiliated with U.S. President Donald Trump from its e-commerce platform on Thursday, a day after hundreds of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol....
Jan 07, 2021
U.S. federal investigators probe business-card sales practices at AmEx – WSJ
(Reuters) -Federal investigators are probing business-card sales practices at American Express Co, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The investigato...
Jan 07, 2021
Uganda’s Bobi Wine asks ICC to investigate rights abuses
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uganda's main opposition leader asked the International Criminal Court on Thursday to investigate President Yoweri Museveni and senior officials for sanctioning human rights abuses...
Jan 07, 2021
French PM says pressure on hospitals remains high due to COVID-19
PARIS (Reuters) - Pressure on French hospitals remains high as the coronavirus infection rate is also still high, Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday. Castex told reporters that restrictions w...
Jan 07, 2021
U.S. endures pandemic’s deadliest day, overshadowed by Washington mob assault on Capitol
By Maria Caspani and Anurag Maan NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the events that unfolded in Washington on Wednesday captured the nation's attention, the raging coronavirus pandemic claimed its highest U.S. d...
Jan 07, 2021
Senegal confirms bird flu outbreak on poultry farm – OIE
PARIS (Reuters) - Senegal has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday. The outbreak, which occurr...
Jan 07, 2021
U.S. senator says Capitol building rioters made off with laptop
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley said that pro-Trump demonstrators who invaded the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday also ransacked his office and stole a laptop. In...
Jan 07, 2021
Indonesia to release radical cleric linked to Bali bombings
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is set to release Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir from jail on Friday, the man who was the suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings and is...
Jan 07, 2021
Sanofi says could help produce competitors’ COVID-19 shots
PARIS (Reuters) -France's Sanofi is considering how it can help produce COVID-19 vaccines devised by other drugmakers, a spokesman said on Thursday. He did not say which exact manufacturing steps coul...
Jan 07, 2021
