Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Australia to lift 18-month COVID-19 travel ban next month
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia has outlined plans to lift a pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens traveling overseas from November. But no date has yet been set for welcoming international tou...
ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press Oct 01, 2021

Merck COVID-19 pill cuts hospitalization by 50%, study says
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) - Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it w...
Sydney Kalich Oct 01, 2021
Iran holds military exercises near tense Azerbaijan border
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's national army began exercises on Friday near its border with Azerbaijan, state TV reported, putting on a display of military capabilities near a neighbor it is increasingly ...
NewsNation Now Oct 01, 2021

Fire in Romanian hospital kills at least 7 people
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A fire at a hospital in the Romanian port city of Constanta killed at least seven COVID-19 patients, authorities said Friday. All the victims were in the intensive care unit ...
STEPHEN MCGRATH, Associated Press Oct 01, 2021
Three candidates advance in Hungary's first national primary
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Three candidates aiming to unseat Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban in elections next spring have cleared the first round of a countrywide opposition primary co...
JUSTIN SPIKE, Associated Press Oct 01, 2021

Activists, WHO in the frame as Nobel Peace guessing starts
STAVANGER, Norway (AP) - The annual Nobel Peace Prize shines the brightest of lights on the person or group thought to have done most to promote peace. But guessing who it will be is just a stab in th...
MARK LEWIS, Associated Press Oct 01, 2021

Migrants on new route to Europe get trapped between borders
BIALYSTOK, Poland (AP) - After enduring a decade of war in Syria, Boshra al-Moallem and her two sisters seized their chance to flee. Her brother, who escaped years earlier to Belgium, had saved enough...
VANESSA GERA, Associated Press Oct 01, 2021

The Latest: Pakistan bans unvaccinated from domestic flights
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan banned unvaccinated adults from flights Friday as it tries to push vaccinations and avoid further lockdowns to contain the coronavirus. Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan announ...
The Associated Press Oct 01, 2021

Sick of weeds and trash piles, Rome to elect new mayor
ROME (AP) - Curbside weeds in Rome grow so tall, they cover car door handles, giving new meaning to the term urban jungle. With sidewalks impassable because of piles of uncollected trash, people resor...
FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press Oct 01, 2021

Dubai's Expo opens, bringing first World Fair to the Mideast
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - After eight years of planning and billions of dollars in spending, the Middle East's first ever World Fair opened on Friday in Dubai, with hopes the months-long extr...
AYA BATRAWY and ISABEL DEBRE, Associated Press Oct 01, 2021
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