Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French lawmakers to vote on COVID vaccine pass amid death threats
PARIS (Reuters) - Dozens of French lawmakers have reported receiving death threats from suspected anti-vaccination protesters, as parliament starts to debate legislation that would require people to s...
Jan 03, 2022
Portugal's Impresa media outlets hit by hackers
LISBON (Reuters) - The websites of one of Portugal's biggest newspapers and of a major broadcaster, both owned by the country's largest media conglomerate Impresa, were down on Monday after being hit ...
Jan 03, 2022
Egypt's Suez Canal to offer incentives for eco-friendly ships - newspaper
DUBAI (Reuters) - Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) plans to offer financial incentives for ships that follow environmentally friendly standards, Egyptian daily paper El Watan reported on Monday, cit...
Jan 03, 2022
Botswana's president in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19
GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi is in mandatory self- isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 in routine testing, a government spokesperson said on Monday. "The presi...
Jan 03, 2022
Passengers leave COVID-hit cruise ship after 5 days stuck in Lisbon
LISBON (Reuters) - Disconsolate passengers stuck on a cruise ship moored in Lisbon's port for five days due to a COVID-19 outbreak began disembarking early on Monday, focused on clearing the final hur...
Jan 03, 2022
German foreign minister heads to Washington on Wednesday; Russia on agenda
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will travel to Washington on Wednesday, where she will discuss topics including the Russia-Ukraine conflict with her U.S. counterpart, Anto...
Jan 03, 2022
Dollar celebrates 2022 with gains amid positive new year mood
LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar ticked up against its major rivals as an upbeat market mood on Monday lifted European equities and government bond yields for the first day of trading of 2022. But with L...
Jan 03, 2022
Prince Andrew accuser's deal with Epstein to be made public as part of civil suit
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Late financier Jeffrey Epstein's 2009 settlement agreement with Virginia Giuffre is expected to be made public on Monday, as part of Giuffre's civil lawsuit accusing ...
Jan 03, 2022
Omicron teaches hard lessons as U.S. schools revamp return from holidays
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Many U.S. schools that would normally welcome students back to classrooms on Monday are delaying their start dates, scrambling to test pupils and teachers and preparing, a...
Jan 03, 2022
Belgium to buy 10,000 courses each of Pfizer and Merck COVID-19 pills
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium will buy 10,000 courses each of the COVID-19 antiviral oral treatments developed by Pfizer and Merck & CO, a spokesman for the health ministry said in an emailed statement...
Jan 03, 2022
