Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Erdogan hopes for positive steps on F-35 jet programme in Biden term
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he hoped positive steps will be taken on Turkey's role in the F-35 jet programme once U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office, describing...
Jan 15, 2021
Biden taps former deputy CIA director David Cohen for spy agency again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Friday continued to fill out top roles for his administration, naming former Deputy CIA Director David Cohen to reprise his role at the U.S. in...
Jan 15, 2021
Family of Lockerbie bomber lose posthumous appeal against his conviction
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The family of Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the only person found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing which killed 270, have failed to overturn his convic...
Jan 15, 2021
British maestro Rattle seeking German citizenship after Brexit
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Star conductor Simon Rattle, who this week announced he was cutting short his tenure at Britain's leading orchestra to return to Germany, said on Friday he had app...
Jan 15, 2021
Philippines senators query government's preference for China vaccine after new efficacy data
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine senators on Friday questioned the government's preference for the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine after latest data showed it has a lower efficacy rate, saying this would not bo...
Jan 15, 2021
For Los Angeles-area ambulance crews, the COVID-19 calls never stop
By Norma Galeana and Alan Devall SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. (Reuters) - For Southern California ambulance crews, the shifts feel never-ending and the calls to pick up COVID-19 patients seem endless. "In...
Jan 15, 2021
China COVID-19 vaccinations gather momentum as outbreaks spread
BEIJING (Reuters) - A little-known Beijing museum of urban planning looks set to see more visitors after being converted into a COVID-19 vaccination site as China seeks to ramp up inoculations amid a ...
Jan 15, 2021
Some U.S. nursing home residents face delays for COVID-19 vaccines despite extreme risk
By Lisa Baertlein and Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former Arkansas health official is sounding alarms about the pace of coronavirus vaccines being administered to residents of long-term car...
Jan 15, 2021
Earnings season to test surge in regional banks stocks
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - A blistering rally in the shares of regional banks may be tested when a spate of lenders report results in the coming week. Regional banks in the S&P 500 have sur...
Jan 15, 2021
Paraguay approves Russia's Sputnik V vaccine: RDIF
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's sovereign wealth fund said on Friday that Paraguay had become the eighth country outside Russia to approve the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya...
Jan 15, 2021
