Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sweden to resume 5G auctions despite Huawei legal challenge
By Helena Soderpalm and Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish telecoms regulator PTS will resume 5G spectrum auctions on Jan. 19, it said on Friday, after winning court approval to proceed ...
Dec 18, 2020
Christmas comfort over COVID vaccines collides with new curbs
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Coronavirus vaccine approvals and rollouts have brought comfort and joy to many this Christmas but failed to halt new curbs on travel and family gatherings as COVI...
Dec 18, 2020
Burundi's ex-President Pierre Buyoya dies aged 71
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Pierre Buyoya, the former president of Burundi who twice seized power in military coups and oversaw a prolonged ethnic civil war that killed 300,000 of his countrymen, has died at ...
Dec 18, 2020
Kremlin says ruling on Russia's Olympic ban is regrettable
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that a Swiss court ruling partially upholding Russia's Olympic ban was regrettable and that Moscow viewed the decision "negatively". Russian athletes will...
Dec 18, 2020
Modi offers talks to end India protests against farm reforms
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday defended India's biggest farm reforms in decades but offered to "very humbly" hold further talks with farmers protesting against the laws t...
Dec 18, 2020
Soccer-Rapinoe questions her inclusion in FIFA team of year
(Reuters) - Women's World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe has said her inclusion in FIFA's "Women's World11" team of the year despite playing so little is a sign that the women's game needs more visibility a...
Dec 18, 2020
Croatia tightens anti-COVID measures, restricts movement over holidays
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Croatia has banned movement of people between various parts of the country, tightening measures against the COVID-19 epidemic before the Christmas and New Year holidays, the authori...
Dec 18, 2020
Take Five: Santa vs the Grinch
1/ CHRISTMAS CONUNDRUM Christmas is coming and many countries are torn between giving citizens a respite from stringent restrictions and tightening those restrictions with coronavirus cases soaring. R...
Dec 18, 2020
Spain to begin vaccinating against coronavirus on Dec. 27
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's vaccination campaign against the coronavirus will begin on Dec. 27, a day after the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are due to arrive in the country, Health Minis...
Dec 18, 2020
Explosion at religious gathering in central Afghanistan kills at least 15- Afghan official
KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion at a religious gathering in central Afghanistan killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 20 others on Friday, the country's interior ministry said, adding that children ...
Dec 18, 2020
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