Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Doping-Biathlete Lapshin banned for a year, free to compete in Beijing
(Reuters) - Biathlete Timofey Lapshin will be banned for a year for using a prohibited substance, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday, a shorter than usual penalty that allows him ...
Apr 23, 2021
Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan call on Taliban to commit to Afghan peace talks - statement
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan called on the Afghan Taliban to reaffirm its commitment to achieving a negotiated settlement for lasting peace in Afghanistan, the foreign ministers...
Apr 23, 2021
Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Saudi oil facility, air base
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi movement said on Friday it had launched attacks with drones on a military air base and oil facility in Saudi Arabia, the latest indication that diplomacy to end the si...
Apr 23, 2021
Knifeman stabs female police worker near Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - A knifeman stabbed a woman working for the police in the entrance to a police station in Rambouillet, near Paris, on Friday, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. The victim died o...
Apr 23, 2021
Norway offers mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to those who first got AstraZeneca's
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will offer those who have received a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to take an injection from an mRNA vaccine as their second dose, the health ministry said o...
Apr 23, 2021
Take Five: V-shaped virus rebound
(Reuters) - 1/COVID COMEBACK COVID-19 was meant to be in retreat by now but in many countries -- India, Japan, Thailand -- it has staged a comeback. India in particular was seen as this year's growth ...
Apr 23, 2021
EU approves ramp-up of Pfizer vaccine manufacturing site in Belgium
(Reuters) - Europe's drug regulator on Friday approved an expansion in manufacturing capacity of the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine in Belgium, while recommending an approval for a new filling line ...
Apr 23, 2021
United Airlines gets summer ready; to add over 480 flights to U.S. schedule
(Reuters) - United Airlines said on Friday it was adding more than 480 daily flights to its U.S. schedule in June to meet summer travel demand that is expected to rise as more people receive COVID-19 ...
Apr 23, 2021
EU Commission sees potential in protein-based COVID-19 vaccines
Puurs (Reuters) - Th EU Commission may eventually expand its portfolio of COVID-19 jabs to protein-based vaccines, the EU executive's President Ursula von der Leyen suggested on Friday. "We will certa...
Apr 23, 2021
Health Canada to start real-time review of Medicago COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - The Canadian health regulator has accepted Medicago's application for a real-time review of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, the drug developer said on Friday. Medicago is conducting a late...
Apr 23, 2021
