Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. lawmakers will set up commission to probe Jan. 6 attack on Capitol: Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday lawmakers will establish an outside, independent commission to review the "facts and causes" related to the deadly Jan. 6 attack o...
Feb 15, 2021
Palestinians accuse Israel of preventing COVID-19 vaccine transfer to Gaza
By Rami Ayyub and Nidal al-Mughrabi TEL AVIV/GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority (PA) accused Israel on Monday of holding up the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines into Gaza, where Palestinians have...
Feb 15, 2021
AstraZeneca, Czechs discuss extra vaccine, but sticking to EU deal
PRAGUE (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has asked the Czech authorities about possible demand for more vaccine later this year, but any supplies would have to comply with European Union agreements, the company...
Feb 15, 2021
Cameroon detains eight soldiers after torture video emerge
DAKAR (Reuters) - Cameroon has detained eight soldiers after a video emerged over the weekend showing them in uniform torturing a victim with a machete until he fell unconscious, the Central African n...
Feb 15, 2021
Mortars land near Erbil airport, Iraqi Kurdish security sources say
ERBIL (Reuters) - At least three mortars landed near Erbil International Airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq without causing any casualties, Kurdish Peshmerga sources said on Monda...
Feb 15, 2021
At least 60 killed after passenger barge crashes on Congo river
By Stanis Bujakera KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least 60 people died when a passenger barge carrying more than 700 people became shipwrecked on the Congo river at night, Democratic Republic of Congo's huma...
Feb 15, 2021
Czech Republic plans reopening of schools from March, with testing
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government plans to reopen schools for more students from March 1 with regular testing for coronavirus infections, which remain at high levels, ministers said on Monday. S...
Feb 15, 2021
George Floyd’s family ‘outraged’ after reports of LAPD Valentine-themed image: attorney
(Reuters) - The attorney who represented the family of George Floyd over his death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer issued a statement on Monday following media reports that Los Ange...
Feb 15, 2021
Exclusive: Russia in prisoner swap talks with U.S. over detained American – lawyer
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States are in talks on a possible prisoner swap that could secure the release of Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine jailed for spying, within t...
Feb 15, 2021
Colombia receives first COVID-19 shots, vaccination may begin early
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's first COVID-19 vaccines - 50,000 doses from Pfizer Inc - have arrived in the Andean country, President Ivan Duque said on Monday, ahead of a possible early rollout of ino...
Feb 15, 2021
