Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Next year is shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe and rich countries must not trample poor countries in a "stampede for vaccines" to combat the coronavi...
Dec 04, 2020
New EU-U.S. data transfer pact? Not any time soon, says EU privacy watchdog
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Companies hoping the EU and the new U.S. administration will soon strike a new transatlantic data transfer pact to replace one struck down by a court will probably...
Dec 04, 2020
Pompeo says violence levels in Afghanistan ‘unacceptably high’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The violence currently taking place in Afghanistan is 'unacceptably high', U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, adding that Washington has asked the warring parti...
Dec 04, 2020
War in Ethiopia’s Tigray wrenches families apart
By Seham Eloraby and Baz Ratner UM RAKUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Ethiopian farmer Gebrahid Welderfael said he last saw his wife and 18-year-old daughter in the sewer in his village in the Tigray region wh...
Dec 04, 2020
WHO’s Tedros says concerned about perception pandemic is over
GENEVA (Reuters) - Recent progress on COVID-19 vaccines is positive but the World Health Organization is concerned this has led to a growing perception that the pandemic has come to an end, WHO Direct...
Dec 04, 2020
Pelosi cites momentum on coronavirus relief bill talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday there was momentum behind talks on a coronavirus relief bill and that a bipartisan COVID-19 proposal could be the basis for relief nego...
Dec 04, 2020
Donaldson storms into share of lead with Bezuidenhout
SUN CITY, South Africa (Reuters) - Veteran Welshman Jamie Donaldson stormed through the course at Sun City on Friday, sinking 10 birdies in a round of 63 to share the lead with Christiaan Bezuidenhout...
Dec 04, 2020
France to launch platform to flag excessive police checks, Macron says
PARIS (Reuters) - France will launch an online platform next year for people to flag any unnecessary checks by police, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday. "On police checks, we will set up a nat...
Dec 04, 2020
Former Malta PM says he had no indication of journalist murder plot
By Chris Scicluna VALLETTA (Reuters) - Former Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told a board of inquiry on Friday that he had no prior indication of any plans for the 2017 murder of anti-corruption j...
Dec 04, 2020
Lasting high? Cannabis industry aims to build on Thanksgiving rush
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - U.S. cannabis sales hit record levels over the Thanksgiving weekend, prompting industry predictions the combination of COVID-19 anxiety and a trend towards legalisation has ...
Dec 04, 2020
