Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Year-end cheer for South Africans as midnight curfew lifted
By Sisipho Skweyiya CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africans cheered the government's decision to lift its midnight curfew after nearly two years of COVID-19 restrictions, a relief for businesses and citi...
Dec 31, 2021
COVID-driven flight delays, cancellations persist on 2021's final day
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Thousands of flights within the United States and internationally were delayed or canceled early on Friday, adding to the travel disruptions during the holiday week due to...
Dec 31, 2021
Soccer-Three Liverpool players COVID-19 positive before Chelsea trip - Klopp
(Reuters) -Three Liverpool players and more staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the trip to Chelsea but it is too soon to ask the Premier League to postpone the game, manager Juer...
Dec 31, 2021
Soccer-Newcastle injuries, COVID cases force postponement of Saints game
(Reuters) - Newcastle United's Premier League match at Southampton on Sunday has been postponed due to COVID-19 cases and injuries in their squad, the league announced on Friday. It is the 18th Premie...
Dec 31, 2021
UK had over 2 million COVID-19 cases in week to Dec. 23 - official estimate
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 2 million people in Britain tested positive for COVID-19 in the week before Christmas, Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates published on Friday showed, with the ...
Dec 31, 2021
Look to the future and stay focused, Xi tells China in New Year's address
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of maintaining a "strategic focus" in his 2022 New Year address and of being mindful of "potential risks" in the Communist Part...
Dec 31, 2021
Death toll in latest day of protests in Sudan rises to five - medics
CAIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from a police crackdown on the latest nationwide protests against military rule in Sudan rose to five on Friday, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said. The gr...
Dec 31, 2021
S.Africa president to receive report on Zuma corruption inquiry
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African judicial commission will formally hand over the first part of its report to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday following its inquiry into corruption during f...
Dec 31, 2021
Factbox-Countries weigh need for COVID-19 booster shots
(Reuters) - Many countries are expanding COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes or shortening the gap between shots as governments scramble to shore up protection against the new Omicron variant which em...
Dec 31, 2021
EU records first drop in sparkling wine exports in decade as champagne loses its fizz
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's exports of sparkling wine to the rest of the world fell last year for the first time in a decade, Eurostat said on Friday, largely because of a massive drop i...
Dec 31, 2021
