Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A Picture and its Story - Protests, rallies and two impeachments: Trump's presidency in photographs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - From a reality TV star's journey to the White House, to mass protests, pumped up crowds, the siege on the U.S. Capitol and two impeachments, Reuters photographers were on the gr...
Jan 19, 2021
Mets fire GM Porter over inappropriate text messages
(Reuters) - The New York Mets have fired general manager Jared Porter for sending unsolicited, inappropriate text messages to a female reporter, Mets owner Steven Cohen said on Tuesday. "We have termi...
Jan 19, 2021
Serbia becomes first European country to use Chinese COVID vaccine for mass rollout
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Hundreds of members of Serbia's military lined up on Tuesday in their camouflage uniforms at an exhibition hall in Belgrade where nurses injected them with a Chinese-made vaccine ...
Jan 19, 2021
Blackstone's Schwarzman: New U.S. admin going to take a 'softer tone' towards China
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Blackstone Group Inc Chairman Stephen Schwarzman said on Tuesday that the new U.S. administration was going to take a "softer tone" towards China, and that he expected lower tens...
Jan 19, 2021
WHO must be reformed to give it necessary powers - pandemic panel says
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is underpowered and underfunded, and must be reformed to give it the resourcing to be more effective, according to an independent panel re...
Jan 19, 2021
Greek coastguard recovers one dead, rescues 27 on Lesbos island
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek coastguard officials recovered the body of one man and rescued 27 people from a rocky beach on the island of Lesbos after they apparently arrived by boat from Turkey, authorit...
Jan 19, 2021
Court suspends move to delay Catalan election until May
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalonia's top court on Tuesday suspended the regional government's decision to delay a parliamentary election from next month until May due to the coronavirus, a potential setb...
Jan 19, 2021
Israeli pensioners party after COVID-19 booster shots
NETANYA, Israel (Reuters) - The rapid roll-out of coronavirus vaccines amongst older people in Israel has lifted the spirits of an age group that has endured confinement and isolation during the crisi...
Jan 19, 2021
Sweden registers 9,779 new COVID-19 cases, 268 deaths since Friday
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, whose unorthodox pandemic strategy has placed it in the global spotlight, registered 9,779 new coronavirus cases since Friday, health agency statistics showed on Tuesday....
Jan 19, 2021
Biden rounds out health team with Pennsylvania top official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday filled out his health team, announcing Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine as his choice for assistant U.S. health secretar...
Jan 19, 2021
