Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Germany to extend coronavirus lockdown until March 28: draft
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to extend its coronavirus lockdown until March 28 while easing some restrictions from next week, a draft document to be discussed by Chancellor Angela...
Mar 02, 2021
UK banks face savings glut on road to pandemic recovery
By Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's big four banks amassed more than 200 billion pounds ($277.52 billion) of new deposits last year as customers reined in spending through ...
Mar 02, 2021
Nigeria’s first COVID-19 vaccines land in capital city of Abuja
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's first COVID-19 vaccines, Oxford/AstraZeneca shots from the international COVAX scheme, landed in the capital city Abuja on Tuesday. The 3.92 million doses will kick off the...
Mar 02, 2021
Austria and Denmark break ranks with EU to produce vaccines with Israel
By Francois Murphy and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen VIENNA/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Austria and Denmark, chafing at the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the European Union, have broken ranks with Brussel...
Mar 02, 2021
UK’s Prince Philip remains in hospital after two weeks
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Philip was receiving treatment and undergoing heart tests on Tuesday, two weeks after the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth was admitted to hospital in London ...
Mar 02, 2021
Chaos reigns as COVID-19 outbreak leaves Lazio-Torino Serie A match in doubt
(Reuters) - The Serie A match between Lazio and Torino on Tuesday will not be postponed, say Italian media reports, despite the Torino squad being ordered to quarantine by their local health authority...
Mar 02, 2021
Sweden’s Sjostrom returns to the pool after elbow surgery
(Reuters) - Sweden's Olympic 100m butterfly champion Sarah Sjostrom has returned to the pool three weeks after undergoing surgery for a broken elbow. The much-medalled 27-year-old posted a picture on ...
Mar 02, 2021
Crisis-hit Lebanese pound falls to new low of 10,000 to the dollar
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's pound tumbled on Tuesday towards 10,000 to the dollar, a record low for a currency battered by a financial meltdown that has fuelled poverty and unrest. The collapse, on a...
Mar 02, 2021
China says door to Xinjiang ‘always open’ but U.N. rights boss should not prejudge
GENEVA (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday that it was discussing a visit to its Xinjiang region by United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, but that she should not set out with the aim of c...
Mar 02, 2021
Tokyo 2020 organisers to raise ratio of women on its board to 42%
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organising committee chief executive Toshiro Muto said on Tuesday the committee planned to add 12 new female directors to its board, raising the ratio of women to 42%. Org...
Mar 02, 2021
