Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. to admit asylum seekers from hard-hit camp at Texas border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States this week will begin processing people held in the Matamoros migrant camp at the Texas border for entry into the country after the area was hit hard by severe ...
Feb 24, 2021
Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine effective, safe: FDA staff
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine appeared safe and effective in trials, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staff said in documents published on Wednesday, paving the way ...
Feb 24, 2021
Italy's health minister rules out loosening of COVID-19 curbs
ROME (Reuters) - It is not yet possible to loosen restrictions on businesses and movement aimed at curbing COVID-19 infections in Italy because of the threat of a surge in cases, Health Minister Rober...
Feb 24, 2021
UK's Reading and Leeds music festivals to go ahead this summer
LONDON (Reuters) - The Reading and Leeds music festivals will go ahead in England this summer after the government this week announced a timetable for relaxing coronavirus restrictions, the organisers...
Feb 24, 2021
Tokyo 2020 launches new gender equality team: Tokyo 2020 president
TOKYO (Reuters) - The new president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee said on Wednesday that it had set up a gender equality team and aimed to boost the proportion of women on the board ...
Feb 24, 2021
In Brazil, an indigenous woman joins Bolsonaro in fight for mining
By Stephen Eisenhammer RAPOSA SERRA DO SOL, Brazil (Reuters) - Irisnaide Silva is female, Brazilian and indigenous. And for once, in her view, she is being heard. For decades her family picked and pan...
Feb 24, 2021
Egypt registers Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Egypt has approved Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, becoming the 34th country outside of Russia and third in North Africa to do so, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (R...
Feb 24, 2021
UK's Sunak to build bridge to recovery with more spending
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak will next week promise yet more spending to prop up the economy during what he hopes will be the last phase of lockdown, bu...
Feb 24, 2021
T.J. Maxx parent misses sales estimates on coronavirus-led store closures
(Reuters) - Discount store operator TJX Cos Inc missed holiday-quarter sales estimates on Wednesday, as coronavirus-induced lockdowns in Europe and Canada pressured sales of non-essential products suc...
Feb 24, 2021
ExxonMobil to sell some UK, North Sea assets to HitecVision for over $1 billion
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday it would sell its non-operating interest in its UK and North Sea exploration and production assets to private-equity fund HitecVision for more than $1 bi...
Feb 24, 2021
