Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Italians flock back to coffee bars as COVID-19 restrictions eased
By Gabriele Pileri and Cristiano Corvino ROME (Reuters) - The familiar tinkling of ceramic cups and chatter returned to coffee bars across most of Italy on Monday, as rigid COVID-19 restrictions were ...
Feb 01, 2021
South Africa's first COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive by plane
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The airplane carrying South Africa's first COVID-19 vaccine doses landed at the OR Tambo international airport in Johannesburg on Monday, state broadcaster SABC reported, as t...
Feb 01, 2021
Swedish film festival to screen on remote island for audience of one
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Scandinavia's biggest film festival is going ahead this year despite the coronavirus pandemic, but will be hosted on an isolated island and admit only one attendee - a healthcare...
Feb 01, 2021
Twitter blocks dozens of accounts on India's demand amid farm protests: sources
By Zeba Siddiqui and Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Twitter blocked dozens of accounts in India on Monday, including that of a leading newsmagazine, on the demand of the government on grounds t...
Feb 01, 2021
Hedge fund body alarmed by retail investor frenzy 'distortions'
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street's retail trading frenzy has distorted markets, global hedge funds industry body AIMA said on Monday, adding it was concerned that lawmakers were encouraging...
Feb 01, 2021
U.S. voting rights activist Stacey Abrams nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. voting rights activist and Democratic Party politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work to prom...
Feb 01, 2021
Blinken weighs possible sanctions North Korea as Russia, Iran loom: NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration would consider new sanctions against North Korea as well as other possible actions against Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a tele...
Feb 01, 2021
EU repeats Pfizer/BioNTech to deliver 75 million extra vaccine doses in Q2
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pfizer and German partner BioNTech will deliver 75 million extra doses of their COVID-19 vaccine in the second quarter of the year, European Commission President Ur...
Feb 01, 2021
Lebanon army arrests 18 Lebanese, Syrians linked to Islamic State: statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's army said on Monday it had arrested 18 people, some Lebanese and others Syrian, with links to Islamic State. The arrests came in "field operations" that took place over th...
Feb 01, 2021
UK PM Johnson says must keep up restrictions to lower COVID rates further
LONDON (Reuters) - British infection rates flattening and possibly beginning to fall, but they remain at a high level which means there can be no premature easing of COVID-19 restrictions, Prime Minis...
Feb 01, 2021
