Author Archives: Syndicated Content
England investigating new coronavirus variant linked to Antigua travel
LONDON (Reuters) - Public Health England (PHE) on Thursday said a new coronavirus variant had been identified in the UK in two people who had recently been in Antigua, adding that it shared some trait...
Mar 11, 2021
Texas power regulator warns lawmakers against retroactively cutting storm power prices
(Reuters) - The head of Texas's power regulator told lawmakers on Thursday that any effort to retroactively reduce the power prices levied during a recent storm would lead to lawsuits that the state c...
Mar 11, 2021
South Korea’s BTS scoops top two positions in 2020 album chart
LONDON (Reuters) - South Korea's K-pop sensation BTS dominated world music sales in 2020 by putting out the year's best-, and second-best selling albums, the music industry body IFPI said on Thursday....
Mar 11, 2021
Gaza fishermen killed by Israeli drone caught in nets, Hamas says
GAZA (Reuters) - Three Palestinian fishermen who died in an offshore blast on Sunday had encountered an explosive-laden Israeli drone that had fallen into the sea and blew up in their nets, the Hamas-...
Mar 11, 2021
Shock and uncertainty after death of Ivory Coast PM Bakayoko
By Media Coulibaly and Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast faced shock and uncertainty on Thursday following the death of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, the West African nation's second premier ...
Mar 11, 2021
Azerbaijan plans to import AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines
BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan plans to import 432,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 300,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine over the next half year, government documents showed on Thursday. T...
Mar 11, 2021
Turkey plans to vaccinate 50 million people against COVID-19 before autumn
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey plans to vaccinate 50 million people against COVID-19 by autumn in order to combat the spread of coronavirus, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday, after the num...
Mar 11, 2021
Judge grants motion to reinstate third-degree murder charge against officer on trial for George Floyd’s death
(Reuters) - A Minnesota judge granted a request by prosecutors to reinstate a charge of third-degree murder against Derek Chauvin on Thursday, the former Minneapolis police officer who is on trial alr...
Mar 11, 2021
Jordan says crown prince canceled visit to Jerusalem’s al Aqsa mosque over security row with Israel
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan said on Thursday the kingdom's crown prince cancelled a visit to Jerusalem's al Aqsa mosque to prevent Israel from undermining his first such trip to the city's holy sites. Fo...
Mar 11, 2021
Lebanon’s politicians show no sign of saving their country, France says
PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Thursday time was running out to prevent Lebanon collapsing and that he could see no sign that the country's politicians were doing what they could ...
Mar 11, 2021
