Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Putin bets on Lukashenko keeping power in Belarus for now: sources
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will probably cling to power for now despite protests against him and is conte...
Aug 21, 2020
U.S. motorists drove 13% fewer miles in June than a year earlier: DOT
(Reuters) - U.S. motorists drove 244.7 billion vehicle miles in June, 36.5 billion vehicle miles fewer than the same month a year earlier, as government lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus kep...
Aug 21, 2020
Pfizer, BioNTech shares gain as more data backs vaccine candidate
(Reuters) - Shares of Pfizer Inc and U.S.-listed shares of partner BioNTech SE rose on Friday after they released additional data for their experimental coronavirus vaccine and reiterated they were on...
Aug 21, 2020
Pence leads Republican counterattack after Democrats savage Trump at convention
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence on Friday launched the Republican counterattack to the scathing criticism that President Donald Trump received at the Democrats' nomina...
Aug 21, 2020
West Nile virus outbreak kills two in southern Spain
MADRID (Reuters) - The death toll in an outbreak of West Nile virus in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia has risen to two, after an 85-year old woman died in hospital, the regional health servi...
Aug 21, 2020
Lebanon enforces new partial lockdown in effort to curb COVID-19
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter COVID-19 infections which have spiralled since the catastrophic explosion at Beirut port....
Aug 21, 2020
Slovakia reports record number of new coronavirus cases
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia reported 123 new cases of the coronavirus, its highest daily number since the global pandemic reached the country in March, data from the Health Ministry showed on Friday. ...
Aug 21, 2020
China ready to share water data with Mekong nations, Thailand says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - China is ready to share data on water flows into the Mekong River, a longstanding request of downstream Southeast Asian countries, a Thai foreign ministry official said on Friday. ...
Aug 21, 2020
Explainer: Reaching herd immunity in a viral pandemic
By Manas Sharma, Simon Scarr and Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - The novel coronavirus pandemic has brought "herd immunity" to the public consciousness, kindling hope the phenomenon can help slow or e...
Aug 21, 2020
Zimbabwe politician who called for protests denied bail for third time
HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean court on Friday denied bail for the third time to an opposition politician who called for anti-government protests last month, ruling he could be a danger to the public...
Aug 21, 2020
