Author Archives: Syndicated Content

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who has promised to keep credit loose and flowing until Americans are back to work, appears in a public forum Thurs...

LONDON (Reuters) - The majority of global COVID-19 deaths have been in countries where many people are obese, with coronavirus fatality rates 10 times higher in nations where at least 50% of adults ar...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A severe 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the east of New Zealands North Island on Friday, prompting a tsunami warning, and authorities advised people in coastal areas to mov...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has approved Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for use against COVID-19, Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday. The Russian vaccine has nsputow been approved for u...

After an emotional week, Lady Gaga is feeling "grateful." Last Wednesday, the "Rain On Me" singer's dogs were stolen and her dog walker Ryan Fischer was critically injured after being shot during the ...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland does not plan to buy the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, the prime minister's top aide said on Thursday. "When it comes to the Russian vaccine, we do not plan to buy such a vaccine...

(Reuters) - "I was lucky not to die," Min Thura Zaw posted on his Facebook page with a video that shows a soldier aiming in his direction in Myanmar's main city and the sound of a bullet's crack. He d...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has signed an agreement with Russia to import 1 million doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Iraq's oil ministry said on Thursday. Iraq, which is struggling to curb the...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The start of oil products exports from Belarus via Russian ports on the Baltic Sea have been delayed due to disagreements over railway tariffs, three transport industry sources told...

By Toby Sterling and Esther Verkaik AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch inventor has come up with what he hopes could be a potentially faster and easier method to screen for coronavirus infections. Instead ...