Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU to send aid to India as it struggles with coronavirus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has activated its EU Civil Protection Mechanism and is seeking to send oxygen and medicine to virus-hit India after receiving a request from Delhi. India h...
Apr 25, 2021
Egypt's Sisi receives coronavirus vaccine
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has received a coronavirus vaccination under a nationwide vaccination drive, his office said on Sunday. The statement from the presidency did ...
Apr 25, 2021
Canadians avoiding hotel quarantines for air travellers fuel taxi boom on U.S. border
By Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny Reuters - U.S. taxi and limousine services are seeing a boom in business from customers seeking to enter Canada by land to avoid a restriction on internation...
Apr 25, 2021
ASEAN changed Myanmar statement on release of political detainees - sources
By Tom Allard JAKARTA (Reuters) - A draft statement circulating the day before a Southeast Asian leaders' summit on the Myanmar crisis included the release of political prisoners as one of its "consen...
Apr 25, 2021
Japanese ruling party to fare badly in votes for three parliamentary seats
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party is set to lose at least two of three seats in parliamentary by-elections widely seen as a verdict on Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and bellwether ...
Apr 25, 2021
If Joe Biden is America's Robin Hood, this is his merry band
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bolstered by popular support, U.S. President Joe Biden plans to take from the rich to give to the poor, aided by advisers keen to address economic disparitie...
Apr 25, 2021
History-making Oscars asks viewers to 'Bring your movie love'
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The pandemic-delayed Academy Awards ceremony takes place at a Los Angeles rail station on Sunday on what could be a historic night packed with surprises, not j...
Apr 25, 2021
Somali president's backers in gun clash with opponents, residents say
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Supporters of Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and those opposed to the extension of his four-year term clashed on Sunday on the streets of the capital, residents sai...
Apr 25, 2021
Indonesian intelligence official shot dead in Papua- army statement
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A senior Indonesian intelligence official was killed by a shot to the head on Sunday during an operation in the country's easternmost province of Papua, according to a statement by...
Apr 25, 2021
Egypt projects 7.1% increase in debt financing needs in 2021/22
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt expects its debt financing needs to rise by 7.1% to 1.068 trillion Egyptian pounds ($68.1 billion) in the financial year that runs to June 2022, according to a copy of the draf...
Apr 25, 2021
