Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. says envoy Khalilzad to attend Afghan peace conference in Moscow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad plans to attend a Thursday conference in Moscow on accelerating the Afghanistan peace process, the State Department said on Monday. The decis...
Mar 15, 2021
U.S. pandemic relief program mistakenly paid $692 million in duplicate loans: watchdog
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) mistakenly paid out $692 million in duplicate small-business pandemic relief loans because of technical errors and...
Mar 15, 2021
Londoners protest against police after murder of woman
LONDON (Reuters) - Protesters angry at men's violence against women and heavy-handed policing in the wake of the murder of Londoner Sarah Everard protested outside police headquarters, parliament and ...
Mar 15, 2021
Golf: Woodland tests positive for COVID-19, withdraws from Honda Classic
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland and Scott Piercy have withdrawn from this week's Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, after both players tested positive for COVID-19, the ...
Mar 15, 2021
Quaking in their beds, sleepless Icelanders await eruption
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled their sl...
Mar 15, 2021
U.S. Rockies dig out from heavy snow, all flights grounded in Denver
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people across the U.S. Rockies were left without power on Monday and flights were grounded at Colorado's Denver International Airport as the region dug...
Mar 15, 2021
mRNA vaccines spur lymph nodes for longer-term protection; COVID-19 test accuracy may vary by time of day
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Mar 15, 2021
Portugal’s top court rejects bill to legalise euthanasia
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Constitutional Court on Monday rejected as unconstitutional a bill approved by parliament earlier this year to allow terminally ill patients to seek assistance from a doc...
Mar 15, 2021
Rockets hit Iraqi military base, security officials say
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - At least five rockets hit the Iraqi military air base of Balad north of Baghdad on Monday, without causing casualties, Iraqi security officials said. The officials said two mo...
Mar 15, 2021
Factbox: Countries suspending AstraZeneca’s vaccine after blood clot reports
(Reuters) - Several countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after reports of blood clots in people who have received the shot even as the World Health Organization appealed ...
Mar 15, 2021
