Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill against COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon to the world's arsenal against the pandem...
Oct 11, 2021
Israeli archaeologists discover massive 1,500-year-old winemaking complex
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli archaeologists on Monday said they have unearthed a massive ancient winemaking complex dating back some 1,500 years. The complex, discovered in the central town of Yavne, incl...
Oct 11, 2021
Official says journalist's Nobel Prize not a slap on Duterte
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration belatedly congratulated journalist Maria Ressa Monday for being one of two winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize in ...
Oct 11, 2021
Israeli archaeologists discover ancient winemaking complex
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli archaeologists on Monday said they have unearthed a massive ancient winemaking complex dating back some 1,500 years. The complex, discovered in the central town of Yavne, incl...
Oct 11, 2021
Burkina Faso starts trial on killing of ex-leader Sankara
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - A military court in Burkina Faso has started the trial of 14 people including former President Blaise Compaore for the killing of influential leftist leader Thomas San...
Oct 11, 2021
The Latest: Sri Lanka to start vaccinating schoolchildren
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan authorities have decided to inoculate schoolchildren for COVID-19 starting next week. According to the Health Ministry, inoculations will begin on Oct. 21 and initially...
Oct 11, 2021
Merkel: Israel can't 'lose sight' of deal with Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday implored Israel not to "lose sight" of the need to establish a Palestinian state, as she wrapped up a two-day farewell visit. Merkel's suppor...
Oct 11, 2021
UK police won't act against Prince Andrew over abuse claim
LONDON (AP) - British police have announced they will not take any action against Prince Andrew after a review prompted by a Jeffrey Epstein accuser who claims that he sexually assaulted her. Virginia...
Oct 11, 2021
3 US-based economists receive economics Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Three U.S-based economists have won the 2021 Nobel prize for economics for work on drawing conclusions from unintended experiments, or so-called "natural experiments." The winners wer...
Oct 11, 2021
Flooding sends bus into river in China; 120,000 evacuated
BEIJING (AP) - A bus fell into a river in northern China on Monday, leaving at least three people dead and 11 others missing after flooding from heavy rains destroyed homes and covered farmland. Video...
Oct 11, 2021