Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexico's president sets out vaccination plan, targets rural areas
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday set out plans to vaccinate the country's population and said the government hoped to inoculate the country's elderly by...
Jan 05, 2021
R&B star Akon enters Congo mining sector in JV with state company
By Aaron Ross DAKAR (Reuters) - A company led by American-Senegalese R&B singer Akon has signed a deal to finance a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint venture with a...
Jan 05, 2021
No work without COVID test in central Slovakia as hospitals overflow worst-hit region
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovaks in the country's central Nitra region would not be allowed to work unless they have tested negative for the coronavirus as the area's main hospital was inundated with COVID ...
Jan 05, 2021
UK scientists question COVID-19 vaccine dosing delay
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Five UK medical scientists have criticised a British government plan to delay giving second doses of COVID-19 vaccines by up to 12 weeks, saying proven dosing schedu...
Jan 05, 2021
Lawyers for U.S. death row's lone woman say she was tortured, seeks Trump's clemency
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - Lawyers for Lisa Montgomery, a convicted murderer and the only woman on federal death row, asked U.S. President Donald Trump to halt her execution scheduled for next week...
Jan 05, 2021
British Columbia post-holiday COVID restrictions slow several industrial projects
By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Restrictions imposed by British Columbia to fight the spread of COVID-19 infections after the holiday break have disrupted work at construction sites of a ...
Jan 05, 2021
Germany extends lockdown to end-January, adds stricter measures - Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is extending its nationwide lockdown until the end of the month and is introducing new tougher restrictions in a bid to get control of surging coronavirus infections, Chance...
Jan 05, 2021
WHO's Tedros "very disappointed" China has not authorised entry of coronavirus experts
ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization is "very disappointed" that China has still not authorised the entry of a team of international experts to examine the origins of the coron...
Jan 05, 2021
South African variant unlikely to fully negate COVID vaccines, scientist says
By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A variant of the coronavirus first detected in South Africa is unlikely to completely negate the immunising effects of vaccines, a researcher studying it ...
Jan 05, 2021
Biden to name Sherman, Nuland to top diplomatic posts -Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic President-elect Joe Biden plans to name U.S. foreign policy veterans Wendy Sherman and Victoria Nuland to be the No. 2 and No. 3 officials at the State Department, Po...
Jan 05, 2021
