Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Greece extends nationwide lockdown by a week, to Dec. 14
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece extended by a week a nationwide lockdown it imposed in November to contain a surge in coronavirus cases, the country's government spokesman said on Thursday. The lockdown, th...
Dec 03, 2020
France to investigate dozens of mosques suspected of ‘separatism’
PARIS (Reuters) - France will on Thursday start investigating dozens of mosques suspected of fomenting Islamist ideology to combat the rising threat of religious extremism, Interior Minister Gerald Da...
Dec 03, 2020
Iran’s coronavirus cases exceed one million : health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's total cases of novel coronavirus hit 1 million on Thursday with 13,922 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said, as the Middle East's worst-affected c...
Dec 03, 2020
Azerbaijan says 2,783 of its soldiers killed during Karabakh conflict
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's defence ministry said on Thursday that 2,783 of its soldiers were killed during its conflict with ethnic Armenian forces over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and that ...
Dec 03, 2020
Last foreign Red Cross workers leave North Korea amid coronavirus curbs
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - The last remaining foreign staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have left North Korea, the aid organisation said on Thursday, the latest in a ma...
Dec 03, 2020
Sainsbury’s and Aldi waive tax relief as UK supermarkets hand back $1.9 billion
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Sainsbury's and Aldi will forgo UK property tax relief during the pandemic, following rivals Tesco and Morrisons and taking the total saved by the government from sup...
Dec 03, 2020
English health service looking at ways to deploy Pfizer vaccine in care homes – official
LONDON (Reuters) - England's National Health Service (NHS) is looking at ways to deploy Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in care homes with the medical regulator, but there is no guarantee that it w...
Dec 03, 2020
Africa foresees 60% of people vaccinated against COVID in two to three years
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa aims to have 60% of its population vaccinated against COVID-19 within the next two to three years, the African Union's disease control group said on Thursday. The conti...
Dec 03, 2020
Liquor licenses, permits suspended for three MI businesses over emergency order violations
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) has issued emergency suspensions of the liquor licenses and permits held by three Michigan businesses in Lakeview, Hought...
Dec 03, 2020
Moscow to open COVID-19 vaccination centres on Saturday – mayor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow will open its new COVID-19 vaccination centres on Saturday and the first people to receive the shot will be teachers, doctors and social workers, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said o...
Dec 03, 2020
