Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'It's like a war zone' - U.S. Air Force veteran comforts children plagued by gun violence
By Vanessa Johnston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Davon McNeal was just 11 years old when he was struck in the head by a stray bullet at a Fourth of July cookout in Washington, D.C., last year. Now, every Fr...
Aug 13, 2021
Alberta backtracks on COVID-19 curbs as Canadian province's hospitalizations jump
By Rod Nickel (Reuters) - Alberta backtracked on Friday on plans to lift its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, as hospitalizations and infections rose in the Western Canadian province just weeks before...
Aug 13, 2021
Reluctant French get Covid vaccination as health pass closes doors
By Yiming Woo and Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) - Reluctant French people lined up to get vaccinated as authorities were set to get tougher on the mandatory health pass for entering restaurants, trains...
Aug 13, 2021
Cuba says early data suggests homegrown vaccine protecting against Delta
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba, grappling with a dire COVID-19 outbreak fueled by the Delta variant, said "only 21,000," or 0.8% of the 2.5 million people inoculated with its homegrown vaccines, had fallen i...
Aug 13, 2021
Facebook, Amazon seek U.S. approval to operate undersea data cable
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc have asked the U.S. government for approval to operate a new undersea data cable between the Philippines and California after ...
Aug 13, 2021
Facebook rolls out end-to-end encryption for Messenger voice, video calls
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Friday rolled out end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls on Messenger, adding another layer of privacy to its widely used communications platform. Facebook's Whats...
Aug 13, 2021
Argentine opposition lawmakers try to impeach Fernandez; success unlikely
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A group of opposition Congress members will present on Friday a request for a political trial against center-left Argentine President Alberto Fernandez for "poor performance i...
Aug 13, 2021
Canada to require vaccines for all federal public servants
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will require all federal public servants and employees of Crown corporations to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by early this fall, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Domin...
Aug 13, 2021
Man linked to Oath Keepers militia pleads not guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charge
By Mark Hosenball (Reuters) - An 18th person with links to the far right Oath Keepers militia accused of taking part in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot has been added to an indictment and pleaded not gui...
Aug 13, 2021
Cave lion cub found in Siberian permafrost is 28,000 years old
YAKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) - Scientists have said that an astonishingly well-preserved cave lion cub found in Siberia's permafrost lived 28,000 years ago and may even still have traces of its mother's ...
Aug 13, 2021
