Author Archives: Syndicated Content
WHO: bilateral COVID-19 vaccine deals not good for COVAX
(Reuters) - Countries should not agree bilateral deals that undermine the international COVAX COVID-19 vaccine procurement facility, but they also have a responsibility to vaccinate frontline workers ...
Mar 04, 2021
Analysis: Pandemic spurs Canada to offer path to citizenship to more temporary residents
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's recent move to offer permanent residency to more foreigners living and working in the country is a short-term solution to the economic problems spur...
Mar 04, 2021
EU to extend COVID vaccine export controls to end of June: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is planning to extend its export authorisation scheme for COVID-19 vaccines to the end of June, two EU sources told Reuters on Thursday, in a move that could re...
Mar 04, 2021
British Airways prepares for travel restart with testing kit plan
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways has struck a deal with a COVID-19 testing kit provider as airlines prepare for the desperately-needed restart of summer travel, which is likely to include tests for ...
Mar 04, 2021
EU says no talks under way to buy Russia's COVID-19 vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday that there were no talks under way to buy Russia's COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccine. "Currently no talks are ongoing to integrate the Sputnik va...
Mar 04, 2021
Pushed out by pandemic, women struggle to regain footing in U.S. job market
By Jonnelle Marte and Aleksandra Michalska (Reuters) - Katy McAvoy hoped she would have more time for her job search after her 5-year-old daughter started in-person kindergarten in mid-November after ...
Mar 04, 2021
Democrats eye three progressive prosecutors for U.S. attorney posts
By Sarah N. Lynch and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Three Black female local prosecutors aligned with a movement to end racial disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system are seen as ...
Mar 04, 2021
Ukraine confirms two cases of British strain of coronavirus: Segodnya newspaper
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has confirmed two cases of the British strain of the novel coronavirus, which were detected in patients in western Ukraine, the Segodnya newspaper cited the Institute of Epide...
Mar 04, 2021
Security tight at U.S. Capitol after police warn of possible militia attack
By Julia Harte WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Security has been tightened around the U.S. Capitol in Washington - scene of a deadly assault in January - after police warned that a militia group might try to a...
Mar 04, 2021
Macron to spare Paris region from weekend lockdown, for now
By Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron will spare the Paris region a weekend lockdown for now, determined to keep France's economy as open as possible, even th...
Mar 04, 2021
