Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lebanon to ask Russia for help restoring port, building power plants
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister designate Saad al-Hariri intends to ask Russia for economic assistance during a visit to Moscow later this week, the RIA news agency cited his special repres...
Apr 13, 2021
China central bank names U.S.-educated Li as deputy governor
BEIJING (Reuters) - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Tuesday said it appointed U.S.-educated economist Li Bo, until recently the vice mayor of the municipality of Chongqing, as a deputy governor. ...
Apr 13, 2021
France suspends all flights to and from Brazil due to COVID variant
PARIS (Reuters) - France will suspend all flights to and from Brazil in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus variant first detected there, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said in parliamen...
Apr 13, 2021
Norway to ease some COVID-19 restrictions, PM says
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will start to unwind some restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic and allow more people to gather in private homes and at events from Friday, Prime Minister Erna Solberg ...
Apr 13, 2021
Virginia investigates after police use pepper spray on Black U.S. Army officer
(Reuters) - Virginia's attorney general has directed his civil rights office to investigate a possible "pattern of misconduct" by police in the town of Windsor after officers drew their guns and used ...
Apr 13, 2021
Russia expects India to produce 50 million doses of Sputnik V each month this summer
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is expecting India to initially be making 50 million doses of its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine each month this summer, Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russian RDIF fund, told reporter...
Apr 13, 2021
Leader of Mali's rebel alliance CMA dies from gunshot wounds
BAMAKO (Reuters) - The leader of Mali's Tuareg-led rebel alliance has died from gunshot wounds sustained in an attack by unidentified gunmen outside his home on Tuesday, a movement spokesman and Mali'...
Apr 13, 2021
Pfizer to pursue bringing COVID-19 vaccine to India after import relaxation
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it would work towards bringing the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Germany's BioNTech to India after the government eased import rules, after withdr...
Apr 13, 2021
Mexico arrests 30 marines over suspected forced disappearances
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities have arrested 30 marines over their suspected involvement in forced disappearances in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo in 2014, the Navy said in a s...
Apr 13, 2021
Slovak shops to re-open for some in easing of COVID-19 restrictions
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia will open shops in a limited capacity for customers with negative COVID-19 tests as part of an easing of pandemic restrictions from next week, Finance Minister Igor Matovic...
Apr 13, 2021
