Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Israeli defence minister discusses regional stability with Jordanian king
AMMAN (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz met Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman on Wednesday to discuss regional stability and bilateral ties in the latest high-level visit since relations ...
Jan 05, 2022
Britain reports record COVID-19 prevalence as Omicron surges
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported record COVID-19 prevalence for the last week of 2021 on Wednesday, with one in 15 people in England infected. The increasing number of cases has p...
Jan 05, 2022
Factbox-Key facts about Kazakhstan
(Reuters) - Kazakhstan declared states of emergency in the capital, the main city and provinces on Wednesday after protesters stormed and torched public buildings in the worst unrest for more than a d...
Jan 05, 2022
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Dodik
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday imposed fresh sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who aims to take the Serb Republic out of Bosnia's armed forces, accusing him of cor...
Jan 05, 2022
Israel reports very few myocarditis cases among 12-15 year olds after booster
By Reuters Staff JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Only two cases of myocarditis were reported in Israel among 44,000 youngsters aged 12 to 15 who received a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine, the Health ...
Jan 05, 2022
Louisiana governor to pardon plaintiff in landmark Supreme Court racial segregation case
(Reuters) - Louisiana's governor is scheduled on Wednesday to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, the plaintiff in the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case which upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine that al...
Jan 05, 2022
Ireland seeks to buy Merck, Pfizer, GSK COVID-19 antiviral drugs
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's government agreed on Wednesday to fund the purchase of COVID-19 antiviral drugs from GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Merck. Ireland plans to purchase the drugs through the Eur...
Jan 05, 2022
At least 13 killed in Philadelphia house fire, local media report
(Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed in an early morning fire on Wednesday in a Philadelphia rowhouse, according to local media citing unidentified police and fire department sources. The Philad...
Jan 05, 2022
Iran's Revolutionary Guards explain source of loud noise near Karaj
DUBAI (Reuters) - A loud noise heard in the outskirts of the town of Karaj, to the west of the Iranian capital Tehran, on Wednesday was caused by a rocket fired by the Revolutionary Guards during a tr...
Jan 05, 2022
New French election poll shows Macron would pip Pecresse in 2022 vote
PARIS (Reuters) - Conservative challenger Valerie Pecresse could run French President Emmanuel Macron close in the second round of this year's election if she can squeeze past right-wing rivals in rou...
Jan 05, 2022
