Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Protect nature or face deadlier pandemics than COVID-19, scientists warn
By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Pandemics will emerge more often, spread faster, cost more and kill more people than COVID-19 without bold action to halt the habitat destruction that helps viruses...
Oct 29, 2020
English weekly COVID cases up 23% but contacts traced still at record lows
LONDON (Reuters) - Positive COVID-19 cases in England are up 23% on the previous week, statistics published by the country's test and trace scheme on Thursday showed, with the proportion of contacts o...
Oct 29, 2020
Ivory Coast former president Gbagbo breaks silence to warn of election ‘catastrophe’
By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Aaron Ross ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo warned on Thursday the West African nation faced a catastrophe if candidates in Saturday's presid...
Oct 29, 2020
Scientists identify prolific coronavirus strain which started in Spain and spread across Europe
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A coronavirus strain that emerged in Spain in June has spread across Europe and now makes up a large proportion of infections in several countries, researchers s...
Oct 29, 2020
At least 140 Europe-bound migrants drown off Senegal coast: U.N
GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 140 Europe-bound migrants have drowned off the coast of Senegal in the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year, the U.N. migration agency said on Thursday. The boat carrying...
Oct 29, 2020
U.N. judge orders medical exam for Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A U.N. judge on Thursday ordered Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga to undergo a medical examination to see whether he is fit to be sent to Arusha, Tanzania for trial. Kabu...
Oct 29, 2020
Two London police officers charged after non-fatal shooting incident
LONDON (Reuters) - Two police officers are facing criminal charges after a non-fatal shooting incident that took place in south London in 2018, the Metropolitan Police said on Thursday. Shooting incid...
Oct 29, 2020
U.S. to allow Jerusalem-born Americans to list Israel as birthplace, Pompeo says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem will now be able to list Israel as their birthplace on their passports, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday, in a nod to Was...
Oct 29, 2020
France attack: Church sexton had throat slit while preparing for Mass
By Caroline Pailliez and Matthias Galante PARIS/NICE (Reuters) - As he did every day, the sexton of the Notre Dame church in the French city of Nice opened up the doors around 8:30 a.m. There were few...
Oct 29, 2020
Exclusive: Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine trial paused as clinics run short of shots
By Polina Ivanova and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has temporarily stopped vaccinating new volunteers in its COVID-19 vaccine trial due to high demand and a shortage of doses, a representa...
Oct 29, 2020
