Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Norway cancels military manoeuvres to prevent spread of COVID-19
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway has called off two military exercises involving primarily NATO troops in its Arctic region in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Tuesday. Ar...
Jan 26, 2021
Blast heard in Saudi capital Riyadh: Reuters correspondent
RIYADH (Reuters) - An explosion was heard in the Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh on Tuesday, according to a Reuters correspondent, but the cause was not immediately known. Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV cited ...
Jan 26, 2021
France's Veran: sticking with decision to have 21-days gaps between two Pfizer shots
PARIS (Reuters) - French Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Tuesday that he had decided to maintain to 21-28 days the gap between the injection of the first and the second dose of the Pfizer vaccin...
Jan 26, 2021
Israeli forces shoot dead suspected Palestinian attacker in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli military commander shot a Palestinian man who attempted to stab soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the military said, and Palestinian officials said the ma...
Jan 26, 2021
GE's free cash flow beats estimates, provides 2021 outlook
(Reuters) - General Electric Co reported a better-than-expected free cash flow for the fourth quarter on Tuesday and forecast 2021 cash flow to be about $2.5 billion to $4.5 billion, as it benefits fr...
Jan 26, 2021
Exclusive: AstraZeneca offers EU earlier supplies in Feb but no clarity on rerouting from UK - sources
By Francesco Guarascio and Andrius Sytas BRUSSELS/VILNIUS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has offered to provide the European Union with earlier supplies of its COVID-19 vaccine in February but has not given ...
Jan 26, 2021
Italy staves off threat of Olympic sanctions with decree
BERLIN (Reuters) - Italy on Tuesday approved a decree guaranteeing the autonomy of the country's Olympic committee, a day before the IOC was due to discuss imposing sanctions on the country due to hos...
Jan 26, 2021
Biden plans to limit private prisons and transfer of military equipment to police
By Sarah N. Lynch and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is poised to issue executive actions as soon as Tuesday scaling back the use of private prisons and placing new limits...
Jan 26, 2021
Inactivated COVID-19 vaccines can be upgraded for variants in two months: China CDC expert
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's COVID-19 vaccines based on the inactivated virus can be upgraded to cope with new variants in about two months, the Global Times reported on Tuesday citing an expert with t...
Jan 26, 2021
EU to create private-public bio-defence preparedness plan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will seek to create a bio-defence preparedness programme in the form of a public-private partnership, to prepare against the next big health crisis, the head of...
Jan 26, 2021
