Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Korea reports 970 new coronavirus cases -KDCA
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 970 new coronavirus cases for Saturday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Sunday, bringing the national tally to 56,872 cases, with ...
Dec 26, 2020
Central African Republic votes under threat of violence
By Antoine Rolland BANGUI (Reuters) - Voters in Central African Republic go to the polls on Sunday for presidential and legislative elections being held under a cloud of violence as the government tri...
Dec 26, 2020
Europe rolls out vaccines in bid to leave pandemic behind
(Reuters) - Europe launches a cross-border vaccination programme of unprecedented scale on Sunday as part of efforts to end a COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 mi...
Dec 26, 2020
Brazil sees 307 COVID-19 deaths, Bolsonaro not worried about vaccine delays
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil has registered 307 new COVID-19 deaths, and 17,246 new cases of coronavirus, the health ministry said on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro said he was not worried...
Dec 26, 2020
Deadly fire hits Egyptian hospital treating COVID patients- sources, media
CAIRO (Reuters) - A fire killed at least seven people and injured several others on Saturday at a private hospital that was treating coronavirus patients on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo...
Dec 26, 2020
UK to roll out Oxford COVID-19 vaccine from Jan. 4, Sunday Telegraph says
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom will roll out Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine from Jan. 4, according to plans being drawn up by ministers, The Sunday Telegraph reported. The government hope...
Dec 26, 2020
British PM sold out fish in Brexit trade deal, fishermen say
LONDON (Reuters) - British fishermen said on Saturday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had sold out fish stocks to the European Union with a Brexit trade deal that gives EU boats significant access t...
Dec 26, 2020
Ontario officials say they find two cases of COVID-19 variant first seen in UK
TORONTO (Reuters) - Health officials in Ontario said on Saturday that two confirmed cases of the new COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom have appeared in the Canadian province. The c...
Dec 26, 2020
Venezuela's opposition-held Congress extends term after disputed vote
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition-held National Assembly on Saturday approved a statute extending its term into 2021, after a disputed Dec. 6 election in which allies of President Nicolas Mad...
Dec 26, 2020
Iran extends traffic curfew to lower-risk areas to sustain virus decline
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is extending a night-time traffic curfew to 330 lower-risk cities and towns in an effort to sustain a recent decline in the number of new coronavirus infections and deaths, stat...
Dec 26, 2020
