Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Britain and Canada sign post-Brexit rollover trade deal
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and Canada struck a continuity trade deal on Saturday to maintain the flow of goods and services worth $27 billion between the two countries after Brexit, and...
Nov 21, 2020
Thousands turn out to mourn Serbia's Patriarch, despite COVID-19 surge
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Several thousand worshippers and clergy, some without face masks, filed steadily into a Belgrade church on Saturday to pay their respects to Patriarch Irinej...
Nov 21, 2020
Russia bars entry to 25 British citizens in retaliation for UK sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has banned entry to 25 British citizens in retaliation for similar measures by Britain, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday, without providing their names. Britain bro...
Nov 21, 2020
Saudi King Salman: G20 leaders must work towards equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman said in his opening remarks to G20 leaders on Saturday that they must work towards affordable and equitable access to vaccines and other tools to combat th...
Nov 21, 2020
CanSino to test coronavirus vaccine candidate in Argentina and Chile
BEIJING (Reuters) - CanSino Biologics Inc will start testing its coronavirus vaccine candidate in late-stage human trials in Argentina and Chile, the co-founder of the Chinese pharmaceutical company s...
Nov 21, 2020
Thousands attend Pakistani cleric's funeral despite COVID-19 curbs
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral of a hardline Pakistani cleric in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, defying a government ban o...
Nov 21, 2020
Saudi FDI up in first half of 2020 as economy shows resilience, minister says
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Minister of Investment Khalid al-Falih said on Saturday foreign direct investment (FDI) increased by 12% in the first half of 2020 compared with the same period...
Nov 21, 2020
Chocolate Santas in marzipan masks - a coronavirus Christmas in Hungary
By Krisztina Fenyo LAJOSMIZSE, Hungary (Reuters) - When confectioner Laszlo Rimoczi decided to put masks on his chocolate Santas in his small workshop in rural Hungary, he intended it as a light-heart...
Nov 21, 2020
UK's Prince Harry welcomes Princess Diana interview inquiry
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry has joined his brother William in welcoming a new investigation into how the BBC secured a famous and controversial 1995 interview with their mother Princess ...
Nov 21, 2020
Iran tightens COVID-19 restrictions, but some streets still busy
(Reuters) - Iran introduced tougher restrictions on Saturday to stem a third wave of coronavirus infections, including closing non-essential businesses and travel curbs, but state media reported wides...
Nov 21, 2020
