Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Climbing without a map: Japan's nuclear clean-up has no end in sight
By Sakura Murakami and Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - For one minute this week, workers at the Fukushima nuclear station fell silent to mark the 10-year anniversary of a natural disaster that trigg...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
European shares retreat as rising bond yields weigh
(Reuters) - Rising bond yields dragged European stocks lower on Friday, but major bourses were set for strong weekly gains as stimulus and vaccination programmes spurred hopes of a solid economic reco...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
South Africa could get 20 million more J&J vaccine doses, health minister says
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The South African government's agreement with Johnson & Johnson for 11 million COVID-19 vaccine doses includes an option for an additional 20 million doses depending on the avail...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Turkey says it plans to host Afghan peace talks in April: state media
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is planning to host a round of Afghanistan peace talks in Istanbul in April, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was cited as saying by the state-owned Anadolu news agency on F...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Philippines reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in almost six months
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Friday reported 4,578 new coronavirus infections, the biggest daily increase in cases in nearly six months. In a bulletin, the ministry said tota...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Russia reports 9,794 new COVID-19 cases, 486 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 9,794 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 1,610 in Moscow, taking its total case tally to 4,370,617 since the pandemic began. The government coronavirus task for...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
PM Rutte's conservatives seen winning Dutch election amid pandemic
By Toby Sterling and Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch voters look set to give Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative VVD Party a fresh four-year mandate in a national election on M...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
Gunmen in Nigeria's northwestern Kaduna state kidnap students: police
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen in Nigeria's northwestern Kaduna state kidnapped a number of students from a college late on Thursday, a police spokesman and a state government official said on Fri...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
NHL roundup: Panthers rally to beat Jackets in OT
Frank Vatrano's rebound goal completed Florida's wild comeback as the Panthers earned a 5-4 overtime win over the host Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday. Aaron Ekblad sent a puck up the boards in over...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
ECB's Villeroy flags flexibility on bond purchases
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will be flexible at all levels in its bond purchases, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday after the bank announced plans to accelerat...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2021
