Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WHO expects to give emergency approval to 1-2 more COVID-19 vaccines in coming months
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has received submissions from at least three vaccine makers for emergency approval for additional COVID-19 vaccines and expects to approve at least one...
Jun 25, 2021
Three killed in stabbings in German town of Wuerzburg-Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) -Three people were killed and six wounded in a stabbing attack in the German town of Wuerzburg on Friday, Bild newspaper reported, adding police had stopped the suspected perpetrator ...
Jun 25, 2021
AstraZeneca's diabetes drug study shows benefit in adolescents
(Reuters) -AstraZeneca Plc's diabetes drug significantly reduced blood sugar levels in adolescents aged 10-17 with type 2 diabetes in a late-stage study, the UK-based drugmaker said on Friday. In type...
Jun 25, 2021
WHO's Tedros says vaccine shortage in poor countries a global failure
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world's inability to provide enough COVID-19 vaccines for poor countries is a global failure that highlights injustice, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday....
Jun 25, 2021
Lebanon's Hezbollah says logistics ready for Iranian fuel imports
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday repeated pledges to import Iranian fuel should shortages across the country persist, saying that all logistical steps for ...
Jun 25, 2021
Italy reports 56 coronavirus deaths on Friday, 753 new cases
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy reported 56 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday against 28 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections fell to 753 from 927. Italy has re...
Jun 25, 2021
Delta, Kappa variants surge in Italy to nearly 17% of cases, health institute says
By Reuters Staff MILAN (Reuters) - The Delta coronavirus variant and its sibling Kappa have surged in Italy in the past month, accounting for nearly 17% of total COVID-19 cases, the national health in...
Jun 25, 2021
WHO's Tedros on Tigray bombing: denying health care access to victims unacceptable
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that ambulances had been blocked from reaching victims of an air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray reg...
Jun 25, 2021
Olympics-Lloyd leaves the critics behind on road to fourth Games
By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - After two World Cup titles, a pair of Olympic golds and a roster spot secured for her fourth Summer Games, there is seemingly little that Carli Lloyd can't do. In a recent Z...
Jun 25, 2021
"Space is for everyone": Europe's Space Agency to hire first disabled astronaut
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Space Agency hopes to hire and launch the world's first physically disabled astronaut and several hundred would-be para-astronauts have already applie...
Jun 25, 2021
