By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – Many countries have not reached their peak in cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus and measures imposed to curb its spread should be eased slowly, the World Health Organization’s technical le…
NFL-Brady announces retirement from NFL after record-setting career
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, widely considered the greatest player in NFL history, announced his retirement on Tuesday after an age-defying career during which he won a record seven Super Bowl championships. Th…
South African scientists will study link between COVID variants and untreated HIV
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Leading South African scientists are set to investigate COVID-19 and HIV in tandem, amid mounting evidence that the collision of the two pandemics could be generating new coronavirus variants. The team at the Networ…
Fed’s Harker says four rate hikes are appropriate for this year
NEW YORK (Reuters) -It may be appropriate for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates four times this year, and to move more aggressively if the factors leading to higher inflation, such as supply chain issues, are not mitigated, Philadelphia Fed P…
Defiant Putin says West has ignored Russia’s security concerns
By Natalia Zinets and Vladimir Soldatkin KYIV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Tuesday of ignoring Russia’s security concerns and deliberately creating a scenario designed to lure it into war. In his first direct …
Opponents say UK’s Johnson must reveal any lockdown party fines
By Michael Holden and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -The public must be told if British Prime Minister Boris Johnson or his staff are fined for attending parties at Downing Street during coronavirus lockdowns, opponents said on Tuesday after police …
Omicron subvariant BA.2 likely to have same severity as ‘original’ -WHO
(Reuters) – The emerging BA.2 form of the Omicron coronavirus variant does not seem to be any more severe than the original BA.1 form, an official of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Vaccines also continue to provide similar protection ag…
North Carolina fertilizer plant fire causes fear of explosion, area evacuated
(Reuters) -About 6,500 people have been told to evacuate their homes in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, due to a fire at a fertilizer plant where 600 tons of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate was stored, city officials said on Tuesday. The blaze at…
FedEx suspends domestic express freight services on Omicron hit
(Reuters) – FedEx Corp on Tuesday suspended its domestic express freight services due to a staff shortage as cases of the Omicron variant of the coronvirus rose. The delivery firm said it is suspending the economy domestic FedEx express freight, includ…
After bleak January, world stocks start new month adrift
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Global equity markets wavered on Tuesday as a new month saw investors weigh strong earnings from big-name U.S. companies against mixed economic data and inflation worries. While U.S. job openings increased to ne…