Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Belarus leader orders case of exiled archbishop remedied at Pope's request
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has ordered authorities to resolve the case of Minsk's exiled Catholic archbishop at the request of Pope Francis, the foreign minister said on...
Dec 22, 2020
Europe's human rights court calls on Turkey to release Demirtas
ANKARA (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights called on Turkey to immediately release prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, ruling on Wednesday the justification for his years of d...
Dec 22, 2020
Dutch hospitals brace for wave of COVID-19 patients as cases jump
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Hospitals in the Netherlands on Tuesday said they would postpone all non-critical care the coming weeks in order to deal with the rapid rise in COVID-19 patients. Coronavirus inf...
Dec 22, 2020
Family mourns Filipino mother and son shot by police over noise
By Adrian Portugal PANIQUI, Philippines (Reuters) - Relatives of a woman and her son shot dead by an off-duty policeman in the Philippines called for justice at their wake on Tuesday amid public outra...
Dec 22, 2020
Irish restrictions may be in place to end-Feb, Deputy PM says
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's hospitality sector and select shops to be shut on Dec. 24 should operate on the assumption they will be closed until at least the end of February, the country's deputy pri...
Dec 22, 2020
Drugmakers rush to test whether vaccines stop coronavirus variant
By John Miller and Patricia Weiss ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Drug makers including BioNTech and Moderna are scrambling to test their COVID-19 vaccines against the new fast-spreading variant of the v...
Dec 22, 2020
Alaska Airlines agrees to buy 23 Boeing 737 MAX jets
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Alaska Airlines has agreed to buy 23 Boeing Co 737 MAX 9 jets, the companies said on Tuesday, confirming an Oct. 8 Reuters report that the U.S. planemaker was in...
Dec 22, 2020
CanSino vaccine to be submitted for review in Mexico, minister says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A coronavirus vaccine developed by China's CanSino Biologics will be submitted on Tuesday for review by Mexican health regulator Cofepris for its application, Mexican Foreign M...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. Congress passes nearly $900 billion COVID-19 aid bill, awaits Trump approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a stopgap measure to fund U.S. agencies for another week after Congress passed a $892 billion COVID-19 aid package overnight that aims t...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. third-quarter GDP growth revised slightly up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew at a record pace in the third quarter, fueled by more than $3 trillion in pandemic relief, the government confirmed on Tuesday, but appears to have lost mo...
Dec 22, 2020
