Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Women crowd-source their own security on Tel Aviv’s streets
By Dan Williams TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The 2011 party in central Israel turned grim when a woman was cornered by two men in a side-room. Then her girlfriends, worried about her absence, turned up. The a...
Mar 15, 2021
France reports 4,219 people in intensive care with coronavirus
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported on Monday that the number of people in intensive care units with COVID-19 had risen by 92 in the previous 24 hours to 4,219, the highest level sinc...
Mar 15, 2021
U.S. transport chief upbeat on summer travel as vaccines rolled out
By David Shepardson LANDOVER, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg gave an upbeat assessment about summer travel prospects on Monday as a growing number of Americans are v...
Mar 15, 2021
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine briefly detained while leading protests
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's opposition leader Bobi Wine was briefly detained on Monday as he led an anti-government demonstration in the capital, his latest effort to reject the results of a January ...
Mar 15, 2021
Germany’s Scholz: Europe’s fiscal rules are flexible enough
By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the European Union's budget rules are flexible enough to allow massive fiscal spending, and that will remain the case in any...
Mar 15, 2021
White House eyeing possible small risk of inflation amid COVID stimulus, Rouse says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is a small risk of inflation following the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus plan, but the Biden administration will closely monitor the situation, White House Council of Ec...
Mar 15, 2021
IMF, late-comer on climate change, should embrace ambitious goals: report
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund should adopt ambitious goals for assessing the physical and policy-related risks of climate change facing its members after year...
Mar 15, 2021
Canada sure that all COVID-19 vaccines are safe, including AstraZeneca doses – PM
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian health experts are sure all COVID-19 vaccines being administered in the country are safe, including those made by AstraZeneca PLC, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told report...
Mar 15, 2021
Britain reports 5,089 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 5,089 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, government statistics showed, with a further 64 new deaths within 28 days of positive coronavirus test. In total, 24,453,221 ...
Mar 15, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. data for AstraZeneca vaccine under review by independent advisers – U.S. official
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Long-awaited results from AstraZeneca Plc's 30,000-person U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial are currently being reviewed by independent monitors to determine whether...
Mar 15, 2021
