Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In Mexico, shuttered shelters hit migrants as pandemic rages
By Laura Gottesdiener and Lizbeth Diaz SALTILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - Dozens of migrant refuges in Mexico have closed their doors or scaled back operations in recent weeks to curb the ravages of coronav...
Thomson Reuters Jan 04, 2021
Swiss report 9,665 new COVID cases over four days
ZURICH (Reuters) - Coronavirus infections rose by 9,665 since Thursday, data https://www.covid19.admin.ch/en/overview from Swiss health authorities showed on Monday, as Switzerland started its nationw...
Thomson Reuters Jan 04, 2021
Indonesia to release suspected Bali bombings mastermind Bashir
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will release radical cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings Abu Bakar Bashir from prison later this week, its government said on Mond...
Thomson Reuters Jan 04, 2021
Russia considers COVID-19 vaccination certificates for cross-border travels
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to consider issuing certificates to those who had been inoculated with domestic vaccines against COVID-19 for overseas tr...
Thomson Reuters Jan 04, 2021
UK scientists worried vaccines may not work on S.African coronavirus variant - ITV
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists are not fully confident that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV's political editor said on Monday, citing an unide...
Thomson Reuters Jan 04, 2021
Yemeni boy, ravaged by hunger, weighs 7 kg
SANAA (Reuters) - Paralysed and severely malnourished, seven-year-old Faid Samim lies curled up on a hospital bed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, having barely survived the journey there. "He was almost ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 04, 2021
Futures at record highs as rally builds on hopes of economic rebound
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a record opening for the S&P 500 and the Dow in the first trading session of the year on Monday, building on a rally that has been powere...
Thomson Reuters Jan 04, 2021
Hundreds of Google employees in United States form workers' union
(Reuters) - Over 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a union, the elected union leaders wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday. "Alphabet Workers Union" aims to ensure tha...
Thomson Reuters Jan 04, 2021
Austria extends lockdown for another week until Jan. 24 - APA
BERLIN (Reuters) - Austria has scrapped plans to allow anyone with a negative coronavirus test to exit lockdown a week early, effectively extending strict measures and keeping restaurants and non-esse...
Thomson Reuters Jan 04, 2021
Philippine president lauds guards' courage in using unauthorised vaccine - spokesman
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has commended his security detail for their "loyalty and courage" in inoculating themselves with unauthorised COVID-19 vaccines, his spokesman s...
Thomson Reuters Jan 04, 2021
