Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China steps up COVID-19 vaccination, considers differentiated visa policies
BEIJING (Reuters) - China had administered 74.96 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Saturday, health commission spokesman Mi Feng said at a news briefing on Sunday. That compared with about 65 m...
Mar 21, 2021
Russian envoy says UK nuclear arms plan is illegal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to Britain has accused the UK government of breaking its international treaty commitments with a plan to increase the country's nuclear arsenal and said the poli...
Mar 21, 2021
Blast kills one in restless Iranian border area
DUBAI (Reuters) - An explosion killed one person and injured three others on Sunday in a southeastern Iranian town that was the centre of bloody unrest last month, Iran's state news agency IRNA report...
Mar 21, 2021
UK must avoid importing vaccine-resistant variants at all costs, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must preserve the gains of its COVID-19 vaccination campaign at all costs and avoid a situation where people would return from foreign holidays bringing vaccine-resistant va...
Mar 21, 2021
Russian envoy to U.S. back in Moscow after Biden calls Putin a killer: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's ambassador to the United States arrived in Moscow on Sunday for discussions on how to address sliding U.S.-Russia relations after U.S. President Joe Biden said he thought V...
Mar 21, 2021
Massive religious gathering worries India as COVID-19 cases surge
By Aftab Ahmed and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's health ministry warned on Sunday that a huge gathering of devotees for a Hindu festival could send coronavirus cases surging, as the cou...
Mar 21, 2021
NHL roundup: Andrei Vasilevskiy’s 11th straight win ties Lightning record
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 30 saves to tie a franchise high with his 11th straight win in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 4-1 victory over the visiting Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon. Vasilevskiy, wh...
Mar 21, 2021
UAE expands COVID-19 vaccination drive
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates urged all citizens and residents aged 16 and above to register for COVID-19 vaccinations from Sunday as the Gulf state widens its immunisation drive after in...
Mar 21, 2021
Europe presses Turkey to rethink ditching violence-on-women pact
By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - European leaders criticised what they called Turkey's baffling and concerning decision to pull out of an international accord designed to protect women from vio...
Mar 21, 2021
Taiwan’s Myanmar community denounces coup with defiant songs
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Hundreds of people from Taiwan's Myanmar community rallied in central Taipei on Sunday to denounce the coup there, singing defiant songs and holding white and red r...
Mar 21, 2021
