Author Archives: Syndicated Content
From protesting to shaping police reform, citizens lead the way since George Floyd's death
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Last summer, millions of ordinary Americans took to the streets to protest racism, police violence and the killing of George Floyd. In the year since, many transformed their...
Apr 13, 2021
Biden's pick for top U.S. civil rights lawyer, Kristen Clarke, faces fraught task
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Kristen Clarke, is poised to take on the role at a fraught time in Americ...
Apr 13, 2021
Novavax says supply shortages delaying full-speed production of its COVID-19 vaccine
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Novavax Inc has pushed back the timeline for hitting its production target of 150 million COVID-19 vaccine doses per month until the third quarter due to supply shortages...
Apr 13, 2021
U.N. food agency says nearly 1 million going hungry in Mozambique
GENEVA (Reuters) - Almost one million people are facing severe hunger in northern Mozambique where hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee a jihadist insurgency, the U.N. food agency ...
Apr 13, 2021
Austrian health minister says he is stepping down, exhausted
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober of the Greens, the junior partner in the conservative-led coalition, said on Tuesday he is stepping down, exhausted and sick from battling ...
Apr 13, 2021
Ukraine minister calls for military help, more Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO and the West must act quickly to prevent an escalation of violence between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday, saying further sancti...
Apr 13, 2021
Philippines summons Chinese ambassador over vessels in disputed waters
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines said on Tuesday it had summoned the Chinese ambassador to convey the Southeast Asian country's "utmost displeasure" over the continued presence of Chinese vessels in...
Apr 13, 2021
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong jailed for four months for 2019 protest
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's most prominent democracy activists and among 47 people charged under a national security law, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for ...
Apr 13, 2021
Drifting apart? European firms battle to reach UK clients
By Giulia Segreti and Simon Johnson ROME/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Post-Brexit trade rules mean prosecco supplier Serena Wines 1881 must store bottles destined for Britain on costlier, fumigated pallets i...
Apr 13, 2021
China's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine may start late-stage trial in May - state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's locally developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate that uses messenger RNA (mRNA) technology could start late-stage clinical trial overseas as early as next month, official media...
Apr 13, 2021
