Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Vehicle explodes in downtown Nashville, police call it an ‘intentional act’
(Reuters) - A vehicle exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning in what police described as an "intentional act," and fire officials reported taking three people to hospital but none of them...
Dec 25, 2020
Turkey debates law that would increase oversight of NGOs
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament began debating a draft law on Friday that would increase oversight of non-governmental organisations and which, according to rights campaigners, risks limiting t...
Dec 25, 2020
Many just want a hug for Christmas this year, Queen Elizabeth says
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - All many people want for Christmas this year is a simple hug, Britain's Queen Elizabeth said in her annual festive message, saying it would be hard for those who l...
Dec 25, 2020
Soggy, wet Christmas in the dark for hundreds of thousands in U.S. Northeast
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - A soggy, wet and dark Christmas morning greeted more than 250,000 U.S. power customers on Friday in New York, Pennsylvania and the Northeast who had their electricity knocked...
Dec 25, 2020
Some Russians, dismayed at vaccine exports, call for more doses at home
By Polina Ivanova and Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Some Russians took to social media on Friday to voice frustration after 300,000 doses of the country's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine were suppli...
Dec 25, 2020
South African health workers stretched as COVID-19 infections near 1 million
By Shafiek Tassiem and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Matron Annamarie Odendaal has cancelled all staff holiday on the COVID-19 ward at the private Arwyp Medical Centre in Johannesbu...
Dec 25, 2020
Britain sends more troops to Dover to clear lorry queues
DOVER, England (Reuters) - Britain deployed additional military personnel to the port of Dover on Friday to help clear the queues of lorries following the resumption of cross-channel travel for driver...
Dec 25, 2020
CoronaVac efficacy at 50-90% in Brazilian trial, says Sao Paulo official
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd showed efficacy between 50% and 90% in Brazilian trials, Sao Paulo's state health secretary said afte...
Dec 25, 2020
Russia jails historian for 12.5 years for grisly murder of student lover
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced a distinguished historian known for re-enacting Napoleonic battle scenes to 12.5 years in jail on Friday after convicting him of the murder of his young st...
Dec 25, 2020
Russia introduces two-week quarantine period for UK arrivals – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - People arriving in Russia from the United Kingdom must undergo a two-week mandatory self-isolation, the Interfax news agency cited the state consumer health watchdog as saying on Fr...
Dec 25, 2020
