Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lukashenko says Belarus to draw up constitutional reform by end of 2021 – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Embattled Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said constitutional reforms would be drawn up by the end of the year and then put to a national referendum, RIA news agency repor...
Jan 10, 2021
Austrian labour minister quits over plagiarism allegations
ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria's Labour Minister Christine Aschbacher has resigned after allegations that she plagiarised some of her university work, but denied any wrongdoing and said she was stepping d...
Jan 10, 2021
German parliament boosts security after U.S. Capitol riots: newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) - Security has been stepped up at Germany's Bundestag (lower house of parliament) after the storming of the Capitol in Washington by rioters last week, Bundestag President Wolfgang Sc...
Jan 10, 2021
COVID 19: UK has vaccinated around 2 million people – Health Secretary Hancock
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has now given around 2 million people a COVID-19 vaccination, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday ahead of a ramp-up in the roll-out of the shots on Monday. "Over t...
Jan 10, 2021
Swiss economy could grow by 4% in 2021 and 2022, government economist tells paper
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss economy could grow at more than double its usual rate in 2021 and 2022, with GDP increasing by around 4% in both years as output recovers from the coronavirus epidemic, th...
Jan 10, 2021
New coronavirus variant found in travelers from Brazil: Japan government
TOKYO (Reuters) - A new coronavirus variant has been found from four travelers from Brazil, the Japanese Health Ministry said on Sunday. It is different from the variants first found in Britain or Sou...
Jan 10, 2021
COVID-19: UK vaccinating 200,000 people a day: health minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is vaccinating 200,00 people a day against COVID-19 and is on course to ramping up immunizations to 2 million a week, the rate needed to cover the most vulnerable by the mid...
Jan 10, 2021
Spain sends out vaccine, food convoys after snowstorm paralyses roads
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government will send convoys carrying the COVID-19 vaccine and food supplies on Sunday to areas cut off by Storm Filomena which brought the heaviest snowfall in decades ...
Jan 10, 2021
Russia reports 22,851 new COVID-19 cases and 456 deaths
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Sunday reported 22,851 new COVID-19 cases including 4,216 in Moscow, pushing the national infection tally to 3,401,954 - the world's fourth highest - since the pandemic be...
Jan 10, 2021
Sriwijaya Air crash places Indonesia’s aviation safety under fresh spotlight
By Jamie Freed and Stanley Widianto SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's chequered air safety record is again in the spotlight after a Sriwijaya Air jet carrying 62 people crashed into the Java Sea ...
Jan 10, 2021
