Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump to proclaim himself as the future for Republicans in speech
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Sunday will declare himself the dominant figure in the fractured Republican Party and attack President Joe Biden in his first m...
Feb 28, 2021
Bitcoin falls 5.84% to $43,418
(Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped 5.84% to $43,418.02 on Sunday, losing $2,691.96 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, has fallen 25.6% from the year's high o...
Feb 28, 2021
Israel to vaccinate Palestinian labourers against COVID-19
By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will administer COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians who work in Israel or in its settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli liaison office COGAT said o...
Feb 28, 2021
COVID curbs dampen carousing on Jewish costume festival Purim
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - COVID-19 curbs have curtailed celebrations of the Jewish costume festival of Purim, with Israeli police preventing parties and some rabbis urging people not to dr...
Feb 28, 2021
'How many dead bodies?' asked Myanmar protester killed on bloodiest day
(Reuters) - The day before he was killed, internet network engineer Nyi Nyi Aung Htet Naing had posted on Facebook about the increasingly violent military crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Myanma...
Feb 28, 2021
CDC advisory panel to vote Sunday on guidance for using J&J's COVID-19 shot
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel is expected on Sunday to recommend Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 shot for widespread use, a final clearanc...
Feb 28, 2021
Exclusive: Biden in no rush to lift Venezuela sanctions, seeks 'serious steps' by Maduro
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration is in "no rush" to lift U.S. sanctions on Venezuela but would consider easing them if President Nicolas Maduro takes conf...
Feb 28, 2021
At least two killed in skirmish at Chad opposition candidate's house
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - At least two people were killed after security forces went to arrest Chad's opposition candidate Yaya Dillo at his home on Sunday morning, Dillo and the government said. Dillo, w...
Feb 28, 2021
Fauci says of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine: 'I would take it'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, said on Sunday he would take the newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, as he encouraged Americans to accept...
Feb 28, 2021
Aramco seeks one-year extension on $10 billion loan: sources
By Yousef Saba and Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco has asked banks to extend by a year a $10 billion loan it raised last May, two sources familiar with the matter said, suggesting that...
Feb 28, 2021
