Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. mulls reducing COVID quarantine time amid Omicron surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health authorities are considering reducing the 10-day recommended quarantine period for Americans who test positive for COVID-19 as the Omicron variant tears across the co...
Dec 21, 2021
Ethiopian army clearing TPLF from two northern regions, says government
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia's national armed forces are still in the process of clearing rebellious forces from the northern Tigray region from neighbouring Amhara and Afar, government spokeswoman Bi...
Dec 21, 2021
Russia's Melon Fashion Group picks banks for IPO - sources
By Alexander Marrow and Olga Popova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Melon Fashion Group has picked Sberbank CIB, VTB Capital, Goldman Sachs and BofA to help organise its initial public offering (IPO) in 2...
Dec 21, 2021
Analysis: 'No walkover' - Ukraine could extract high price for any Russian attack
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Ukraine's armed forces are heavily outnumbered and outgunned by Russia's but could put up a level of resistance that would force Russian President Vladimir Putin to pay a...
Dec 21, 2021
Analysis-Turkish depositors delight in lira let-up but will Erdogan's plan deliver?
By Ebru Tuncay and Nevzat Devranoglu ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan's plan to defend lira deposits may have dragged the Turkish currency back from the brink and given savers some respit...
Dec 21, 2021
Alpine skiing-Shiffrin secures 72nd World Cup in Courchevel giant slalom
(Reuters) - American Mikaela Shiffrin crushed the opposition in Tuesday's giant slalom in Courchevel in France to claim her 72nd alpine skiing World Cup victory. The 26-year-old was in a league of her...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. FDA puts plans to test LSD in anxiety patients in clinical study on hold
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration put a clinical hold on Mind Medicine Inc's application to start testing the psychedelic drug commonly known as LSD in patients with generalized anxiet...
Dec 21, 2021
Sweden tightens COVID restrictions as cases mount
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will urge all employees to work from home if possible and impose tighter rules for social distancing, the government said on Tuesday, as it ratchets up restrictions aimed ...
Dec 21, 2021
Soccer-'Absurd' to play twice in four days given COVID, says Liverpool's Lijnders
(Reuters) - Liverpool assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders said on Tuesday that it was "absurd" that Liverpool have to play two games in four days given the number of COVID-19 cases and injuries at the c...
Dec 21, 2021
Russia confirms 41 Omicron cases, says over 70 million vaccinated
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has confirmed 41 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Anna Popova, the head of state consumer watchdog, told a government meeting on Tuesday. Health Minister Mikhail Mur...
Dec 21, 2021
