Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A Brexit trade deal at last: EU and UK clinch narrow accord
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain clinched a Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world's biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shif...
Dec 24, 2020
U.S. House speaker Pelosi presses Trump to sign bill avoiding government shutdown before Monday -Statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will summon lawmakers back to work on Monday to vote on a bill that increases COVID-19 stimulus payments ...
Dec 24, 2020
EU asks ambassadors to be available for Brexit during Christmas holidays
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Council of the European Union said on Thursday it will not convene a meeting of ambassadors from the bloc's 27 member countries and has asked them to be available during the C...
Dec 24, 2020
Half of Russians sceptical Kremlin critic Navalny was poisoned - poll
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Half of Russians believe that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was either not poisoned, as he and Western governments contend, or that his poisoning was stage-managed by Western intell...
Dec 24, 2020
U.S. lawmakers block Trump bid to modify coronavirus aid, spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday blocked each other's efforts to modify a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending bill th...
Dec 24, 2020
Kenyan doctors end strike over inadequate PPE, delayed pay
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan doctors working in public hospitals ended a nationwide strike on Thursday with ministers saying concerns about inadequate protective equipment during the pandemic, delayed p...
Dec 24, 2020
Boats, planes, helicopters: Canada gears up to vaccinate remote indigenous communities
By Moira Warburton TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's indigenous communities have been prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine but distributing it across difficult and remote terrain will be a challenge, as au...
Dec 24, 2020
'Best gift in 2020' says nurse to get first COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico on Thursday inoculated its first person against COVID-19, as the government presided over the administering of a shot of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine to a 59-year-old nur...
Dec 24, 2020
Paris Club of creditors: Ethiopia gets debt deadline extension
PARIS (Reuters) - Ethiopia will get a deadline extension for its debts, with a new deadline set at June 30, 2021, said the Paris Club of international creditors on Thursday. The members of the Paris C...
Dec 24, 2020
SolarWinds updates flagship software in bid to block second hacking group
(Reuters) -SolarWinds Corp said on Thursday it had released an update to fix the vulnerabilities in its flagship network management software, Orion, following the discovery of a second set of hackers ...
Dec 24, 2020
