Author Archives: Syndicated Content
European aviation maps flight path to carbon neutrality
By Kate Abnett and Laurence Frost BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's aviation sector on Thursday laid out how it could eliminate its net carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, a commitment it said would depend ...
Feb 11, 2021
Philippines military keen to keep U.S. troop deal - minister
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines defence apparatus wants to keep a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, its defence minister said on Thursday, as officials met to se...
Feb 11, 2021
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: New cluster in Australia's Melbourne expands to 10 cases Health authorities in Australia's Victoria state ramped up contact tr...
Feb 10, 2021
Tragedy, loss and hope: Overseeing New York hospitals during a pandemic
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - No matter who you are, it is a safe bet that this past year has been challenging and traumatic. Now imagine that you faced a pandemic while in charge of a New York...
Feb 10, 2021
India says reached accord with China for troop pull back on disputed border
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and China have agreed to disengage troops from a bitterly contested lake area in the western Himalayas, the Indian defence minister said on Thursday, in a breakthrough afte...
Feb 10, 2021
Ties now optional in New Zealand parliament after Maori MP's protest
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand male lawmakers are no longer required to wear a necktie in parliament after the rule was dropped following a Maori MP's protest, calling a tie a 'colonial noose'. Sp...
Feb 10, 2021
U.S. CDC says fully vaccinated people need not quarantine after COVID-19 exposure
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday people who have been given full doses of the coronavirus vaccine no longer need to quarantine after an exposure ...
Feb 10, 2021
An election, a mine deal and China loom over Zambia's IMF talks
By Joe Bavier and Karin Strohecker JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zambia and the International Monetary Fund begin discussing a loan programme and debt relief for Africa's first pandemic-era sovereign defau...
Feb 10, 2021
Malaysia offers COVID-19 vaccinations to foreign residents, undocumented migrants
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will extend its free COVID-19 vaccination programme to all foreigners residing in the country, including students, refugees and undocumented migrants, the government ...
Feb 10, 2021
Zimbabwe purchases 600,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccinations - information minister
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has purchased 600,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's Sinopharm, in addition to 200,000 China has donated, its information minister said on Wednesday, adding these were...
Feb 10, 2021
