Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. sanctions Russians over Navalny’s poisoning, chemical weapons -Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed fresh Russia-related sanctions targeting those involved in the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny or Russia's chemical weapons progra...
Aug 20, 2021
U.S. gives 500,000 vaccine doses to Kosovo - Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday donated 500,000 doses of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to Kosovo through the COVAX distribution scheme, Secretary of State Antony Blinken sai...
Aug 20, 2021
Two killed in suicide bombing targeting Chinese nationals in southwest Pakistan
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bombing targeting a vehicle carrying Chinese nationals in south west Pakistan killed two children and wounded three on Friday, police officials ...
Aug 20, 2021
Texas Democrats return to work, breaking weeks long quorum denial over voting rights
By Gabriella Borter and Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Texas Democrats who fled their state to break legislative quorum and block passage of a voting restrictions bill are returning home, saying on Friday the...
Aug 20, 2021
Uzbekistan sends 150 Afghan refugees back home
TASHKENT (Reuters) -Uzbekistan has sent 150 Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan as per an agreement with the Taliban and after requests from the refugees themselves, the Uzbek foreign ministry said on...
Aug 20, 2021
"We sneaked past the crowd": Airline pilot recounts escape from Kabul
By Ognen Teofilovski SKOPJE (Reuters) - As thousands of people thronged Kabul airport in a bid to escape the advancing Taliban on August 15, Kam Air pilot Jovica Rajhl and his colleague had to resort ...
Aug 20, 2021
Ukraine imposes sanctions on lawmaker accused of meddling in U.S. election
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Friday said it was imposing sanctions on Andriy Derkach, the Ukrainian lawmaker who was accused by the U.S. Treasury Department of being a Russian agent and trying to inter...
Aug 20, 2021
Fed's Kaplan: can see reasons for U.S. central bank digital currency
(Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said on Friday he could see the U.S. central bank eventually issuing its own digital currency, calling it the "last mile" in a digitalization...
Aug 20, 2021
U.S. shipping COVID-19 vaccine doses to Togo, Angola - official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will ship hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the African countries of Togo and Angola this weekend, a White House official said on Friday. Th...
Aug 20, 2021
Switzerland offers Afghanistan good offices, charter flight for evacuees
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is ready to offer the services of its good offices to host international meetings or assist in peace talks surrounding the situation in Afghani...
Aug 20, 2021
