Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Algeria frees former spy chief jailed during mass protests
ALGIERS (Reuters) - An Algerian military appeals court on Saturday acquitted three top officials who were jailed in 2019 during mass protests, sources close to the officials said. The three - two form...
Jan 02, 2021
Pope calls Maradona a fragile poet; decries doping cheats
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis has hailed fellow Argentine Diego Maradona as a "poet" on the pitch, but also acknowledged his frailty away from the sport. In a wide-ranging interview with Italian sport...
Jan 02, 2021
Britain will allow mixing of COVID-19 vaccines on rare occasions
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will allow people to be given shots of different COVID-19 vaccines on rare occasions, despite a lack of evidence about the extent of immunity offered by ...
Jan 02, 2021
Pakistan arrests alleged militant group leader on terrorism financing charge
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan on Saturday arrested a man accused of being a leader of an Islamist militant group blamed by the United States and India for the 2008 Mumbai a...
Jan 02, 2021
Car bomb explodes in vegetable market in Syrian border town - state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) -A car bomb exploded in a vegetable market in the border town of Ras al Ain in northeast Syria with reports of several killed and wounded, the Syrian state news agency reported on Sat...
Jan 02, 2021
Netherlands to vaccinate emergency care workers as soon as possible
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands will start vaccinating 30,000 emergency care workers as soon as possible, the health ministry said on Saturday, as the government comes under fire for lagging oth...
Jan 02, 2021
China says it will take action against U.S. delisting of its telcos
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will take "necessary measures" to safeguard the interests of its companies after the New York Stock Exchange began delisting three Chinese telecom firms accused of having mi...
Jan 02, 2021
Tokyo governor, others urge Japan's gov't to declare coronavirus emergency
TOKYO (Reuters) -The governors of Tokyo and three other Japanese prefectures urged the government on Saturday to declare a state of emergency following a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. Economy Minister...
Jan 02, 2021
India approves AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, country's first
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Friday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, a government minister confirmed on Saturday. (Reporting by Krishn...
Jan 02, 2021
French police shut down huge party defying COVID-19 restrictions
PARIS (Reuters) - French police shut down on Saturday a huge party in northwestern France that had been underway since New Year's Eve in defiance of a curfew and coronavirus restrictions on large gath...
Jan 02, 2021
