Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COVID-19 forces delay of no-confidence vote in Slovenia government
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Slovenia's leftist opposition decided on Tuesday to drop temporarily a no-confidence motion against the centre-right government as some deputies would not be able to participate in ...
Jan 19, 2021
Sputnik-AstraZeneca vaccine trials to start in February, says R-Pharm
By Polina Nikolskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Human trials of a coronavirus vaccine combining Russia's Sputnik V shot with that developed by Britain's AstraZeneca and Oxford University are expected to start...
Jan 19, 2021
Philippines to buy 20 million Moderna vaccine doses as COVID-19 cases rise
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will buy 20 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, adding to deals for a total of 72 million doses from Ast...
Jan 19, 2021
Explainer: Trump's legacy - Big policy changes that often got lost amid the din and scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump may be best remembered for his use of Twitter as a bully pulpit to stoke controversy or browbeat opponents, but the noise his tweets generated often distr...
Jan 19, 2021
In wake of U.S. Capitol attack, some law firms decline to halt political contributions
By Caroline Spiezio (Reuters) - While major corporations and some law firms stopped contributions to lawmakers after the deadly Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, few of the legal industries' most powe...
Jan 19, 2021
Biden's top diplomat, Blinken, vows to revitalize alliances, U.S. leadership
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden's incoming secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is set to pledge on Tuesday that he will work to revitalize damaged American diplomacy ...
Jan 19, 2021
Factbox: Biden plans to reverse Trump policies during first days in office
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign dozens of executive orders and send sweeping bills to Congress in his first days in office, aiming to roll back some of Dona...
Jan 19, 2021
Love thy neighbour and get a COVID jab, says Archbishop of Canterbury
LONDON (Reuters) - The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, received a COVID-19 vaccine and urged people across the world to accept the jab, saying that getting vaccinated was part of the Christian...
Jan 19, 2021
Hong Kong extends work from home for civil servants until Jan 27
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will extend work-from-home arrangements for civil servants by a week until Jan. 27, the government said on Tuesday, as the global financial hub seeks to contain a rise ...
Jan 19, 2021
Biden intelligence pick to call for tough scrutiny of China, source says
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Avril Haines, a former White House and CIA official whom President-elect Joe Biden chose for the top U.S. intelligence job, will tell Congress on Tuesday that ...
Jan 19, 2021
