Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lithuanian president nominates Belarus opposition leader for Nobel prize – sources
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has nominated Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for the Nobel Peace Prize, two sources with knowledge of the ...
Jan 30, 2021
Saudi-led coalition destroys explosive-laden drone fired by Yemen’s Houthis, state TV says
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Saturday it had destroyed in Yemeni airspace a drone armed with explosives that was launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi group toward...
Jan 30, 2021
Top Trump donor funded rally that preceded U.S. Capitol riot – WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An heiress to the Publix Super Markets chain donated about $300,000 to fund a rally that preceded the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol this month by supporters of former Pres...
Jan 30, 2021
Germany is already ordering vaccines for 2022, minister says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is ordering vaccines for 2022 in case regular or booster doses are needed to keep the population immune against variants of COVID-19, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Satu...
Jan 30, 2021
Social media platform Reddit hit by outages in U.S.: Downdetector
(Reuters) - Social media company Reddit was experiencing problems on its website on Saturday, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.com. Customers reported trouble logging in and sending...
Jan 30, 2021
UK reassured by EU it will not block vaccine supplies, says minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister said on Saturday the EU had reassured him the European Union did not want to disrupt supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to the United Kingdom after the bloc sa...
Jan 30, 2021
Family of journalist Pearl to appeal against freeing of men convicted of his murder
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - The family of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and beheaded in Pakistan in 2001, plans to appeal to Pakistan's Supreme Court to overtur...
Jan 30, 2021
Italy’s medicines agency approves AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine, source says
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's AIFA has approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, a source from the medicines regulator said. The vaccine, which received a gree...
Jan 30, 2021
Cuba to quarantine travelers amid COVID-19 surge
HAVANA (Reuters) - Most travelers entering Cuba as of Feb. 6 will be quarantined for up to a week, the government announced on Saturday, and flights from the United States and some other countries red...
Jan 30, 2021
Portugal close to running out of ICU beds for COVID patients
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal said on Saturday it only had seven vacant beds left in intensive care units (ICUs) set up for COVID-19 cases on its mainland, as a surge in infections prompted the authorit...
Jan 30, 2021
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