Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. shiping 3 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan - official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will ship just over 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan via the COVAX global distribution program on Tuesday, bringing the total number of doses se...
Aug 24, 2021
First woman AFL-CIO president hopes her historic election inspires other women
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - The first woman to lead the biggest U.S. labor federation wants even more women as decision-makers in a labor movement that is becoming less male and less white. "When you...
Aug 24, 2021
Exclusive-Limited Chinese cooperation hindering U.S. fentanyl fight -congress report
By Drazen Jorgic (Reuters) - Weak cooperation between U.S. and Chinese authorities is hindering efforts to curb increasingly sophisticated forms of fentanyl trafficking, according to a U.S. congressio...
Aug 24, 2021
Exclusive-Venezuela swapped PDVSA oil for food, then punished the dealmakers
By Luc Cohen and Marianna Parraga CARACAS (Reuters) - With U.S. sanctions spooking key oil buyers and depriving its government of cash, Venezuela last year inked a deal with a little-known local compa...
Aug 24, 2021
U.S. review of COVID's China origin unlikely to solve vexing questions
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is set to be briefed on the U.S. intelligence community's investigation into how COVID-19 started, with the report lik...
Aug 24, 2021
Afghan in U.S. seeks to rescue sister from 'dangerous' Taliban
By Nathan Frandino MODESTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Former U.S. Army interpreter Hamidullah Ehsan saw what was coming. Two weeks before the Taliban forces marched into Kabul this month, he managed to get h...
Aug 24, 2021
Analysis: Delta variant disrupts Hollywood's box office comeback
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three months after Hollywood launched a marketing blitz that proclaimed "the big screen is back," the Delta variant of the coronavirus has interrupted cinema's...
Aug 24, 2021
WHO says it only has medical supplies in Afghanistan for a week
CAIRO (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) only has enough supplies in Afghanistan to last for a week after deliveries of medical equipment from abroad were blocked by restrictions at Kabul ...
Aug 24, 2021
Indian drug regulators say Gennova's COVID-19 vaccine safe in early trials
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian pharmaceutical firm Gennova Biopharmaceuticals' mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine was found to be safe and effective in an early-stage study, the country's drug regulator said h...
Aug 24, 2021
French health watchdog backs COVID vaccine booster shot for elderly and vulnerable
PARIS (Reuters) - France's Haute Autorite de Sante (HAS) health watchdog said on Tuesday it recommended a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for those aged 65 and over and for those with existing medical c...
Aug 24, 2021
