Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ugandan opposition party says it will challenge presidential election result
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine's party said on Sunday that it was preparing to challenge President Yoweri Museveni's election victory and condemned what it called the house ar...
Syndicated Content Jan 17, 2021
Lebanon inks final deal for 2.1 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's caretaker health minister signed a final deal on Sunday to secure 2.1 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine as the country battles a steep rise in infections...
Syndicated Content Jan 17, 2021
The fight to avert one last execution on Trump’s watch
By Jonathan Allen TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (Reuters) - On Thursday evening, Dustin Higgs, 48, waited in a cell on death row at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, his scheduled execution less than 24...
Syndicated Content Jan 17, 2021
UK must not do trade deals with rights abusers, foreign minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should not engage in free trade with countries that abuse human rights, but proposals that the country's courts should decide whether genocide has been committed by trade pa...
Syndicated Content Jan 17, 2021
Beirut blast chemicals possibly linked to Syrian businessmen: report, company filings
By Ellen Francis, Tom Bergin and Maria Tsvetkova BEIRUT/LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - The company that bought the ammonium nitrate which exploded in Beirut last August had possible links to two Syrian bus...
Syndicated Content Jan 17, 2021
Israel economy likely to grow 4.6% in 2021, says finance minister
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's economy is likely to grow by 4.6% this year, the Finance Ministry said on Sunday in a forecast reliant on continuation of rapid COVID-19 inoculations an...
Syndicated Content Jan 17, 2021
Lebanon patriarch tells feuding president and PM-designate to reconcile
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's top Christian cleric has urged President Michel Aoun to set up a reconciliation meeting with Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri to form a cabinet and end the country'...
Syndicated Content Jan 17, 2021
Bayer aims to help CureVac with COVID-19 vaccine output, says CEO
BERLIN (Reuters) - German pharmaceutical giant Bayer is examining whether it can help CureVac to produce its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, its chief executive was quoted as saying on Sunday. Though i...
Syndicated Content Jan 17, 2021
German minister says COVID curbs should be eased for vaccinated people
BERLIN (Reuters) - People who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 should be allowed to go to restaurants and cinemas earlier than others, a German minister said, contradicting other cabinet members ...
Syndicated Content Jan 17, 2021
India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitch
By Rajendra Jadhav and Jatindra Dash SATARA/BHUBANESWAR (Reuters) - India's COVID-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first day due to glitches in an app called Co-Win that is being used to coordin...
Syndicated Content Jan 17, 2021





