Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Two to a bed in Delhi hospital as India's COVID crisis spirals
By Danish Siddiqui and Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Gasping for air, two men wearing oxygen masks share a bed in a government hospital in India's capital New Delhi, victims of the country's grow...
Apr 15, 2021
Virus variants inciting India's second surge, epidemiologists say
By Neha Arora and Shilpa Jamkhandikar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The second surge of COVID-19 cases in India has swamped hospitals much faster than the first because mutations in the virus mean each patien...
Apr 15, 2021
Romanian government approves bill to bar China and Huawei from 5G networks
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's centrist government on Thursday approved a United States-backed bill that effectively bars China and Huawei from taking part in its 5G network development, a member of ...
Apr 15, 2021
Athletes have real concerns about Beijing 2022, says human rights group head
LONDON (Reuters) - Athletes have legitimate concerns about the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and organisers need to be transparent in addressing them, says the Centre for Sport and Human Rights chief e...
Apr 15, 2021
Brazil services activity jumps 3.7% in Feb, third biggest rise in a decade
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Services activity in Brazil surged in February, expanding at its third fastest rate since comparable records began a decade ago to lift activity back above pre-p...
Apr 15, 2021
Chicago to release video of police shooting 13-year-old boy
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago's police accountability office was expected on Thursday to release to the public body-camera video footage showing a police officer shooting and killing ...
Apr 15, 2021
Car bomb kills four in Baghdad's Sadr City: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four people were killed and another 17 wounded in a car bomb attack on Thursday in the sprawling Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraqi police and medical sources said. The car was p...
Apr 15, 2021
Fly-past celebrates Israel's independence amid a return to normality
By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Military jets and helicopters flew in formation over Israel on Thursday as the country marked its independence day freer of coronavirus restrictions than a yea...
Apr 15, 2021
Walmart flagged for failing cage-free chicken test in Latin America
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Retail giant Walmart is among the worst offenders in a new ranking of companies in Latin America that sell eggs from caged chickens, part of a new list of...
Apr 15, 2021
Many Afghans feel U.S. is leaving them at mercy of resurgent Taliban
KABUL (Reuters) - Many Afghans believe that the United States is putting them at the mercy of hardline Islamist Taliban insurgents after President Joe Biden's announcement that U.S. troops will leave ...
Apr 15, 2021
