Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India AstraZeneca shot delay could be 'catastrophic' for Africa: health official
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - India's temporary hold on major exports of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot will undermine Africa's vaccination plans, and could have a "catastrophic" impact if extended, the head o...
Thomson Reuters Apr 01, 2021
Pakistan court lifts ban on social media app TikTok
By Umar Farooq and Jibran Ahmad ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A high court in Pakistan said the country's telecommunications authority can lift a block on social media app TikTok, after gov...
Thomson Reuters Apr 01, 2021
South Korea pays price for reliance on COVAX, scrambles for vaccines
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean authorities are facing a backlash for relying on global vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX for a bulk of its COVID-19 shots as shipment delays threaten to slow t...
Thomson Reuters Apr 01, 2021
UK needs to do more to tackle racism, PM Johnson says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that a racism review commissioned by his government was stimulating but that the country needed to do more to deal with racism....
Thomson Reuters Apr 01, 2021
Suspected Italian spy had four children, large mortgage -newspapers
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - An Italian navy captain caught allegedly passing secret documents to a Russian military attache in return for cash was financially hard-up and struggling to provide...
Thomson Reuters Apr 01, 2021
Analysis: African swine fever inflicts renewed toll on northern China's hog herd
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - A wave of African swine fever outbreaks this year has wiped out at least 20% of the breeding herd in northern China, industry sources and analysts said, exceedi...
Thomson Reuters Apr 01, 2021
Female police officer killed in eastern Afghanistan: officials
By Ahmad Sultan and Sardar Razmal NANGARHAR/KUNDUZ (Reuters) - Unknown gunmen killed a female police officer in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Thursday, officials said, the second deadly atta...
Thomson Reuters Apr 01, 2021
Fewer people in the U.S. drank coffee during the pandemic: survey
By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fewer people drank coffee in the United States during the pandemic compared to levels seen before it, although the drink remained by far the most popular in th...
Thomson Reuters Apr 01, 2021
Be humble, pope tells priests as he begins services leading to Easter
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged priests to be humble like Jesus as he began three busy days leading to Easter - all scaled down because of the coronavius pandemic - with...
Thomson Reuters Apr 01, 2021
Exclusive: White House asks EPA to study whether EVs can generate renewable fuel credits
By Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The White House has directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study whether using renewable fuels to power electric vehicle charg...
Thomson Reuters Apr 01, 2021
