Новости за 01.10.2021

(Reuters) - Canadian citizen Michael Spavor said on Friday that he was overjoyed to be reunited with his family after being released from jail in China last week.

PARIS (Reuters) - The French seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases dropped below 5,000 again for the first time since July 13, health ministry data released on Friday showed.

By Jarrett Renshaw and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House and top Democratic lawmakers have agreed to boost a tax credit for industrial carbon capture projects in a deal that could

By David Morgan, Susan Cornwell and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden traveled to Capitol Hill on Friday to try to mend divisions in his Democratic Party that threaten his

(Reuters) - Former British prime minister David Cameron is being investigated for the second time this year by the lobbying regulator over whether he should have registered as a consultant lobbyist,

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi on Friday declared the assembly in session and urged lawmakers to resume work, defying President Kais Saied's suspension of the

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria got approval on Friday for $400 million in World Bank financing to procure and deploy COVID-19 vaccinations, the bank said in a statement.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico has sent a proposed electricity reform to Congress seeking to boost the role of the state power utility, marking another effort by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

A service member out of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit who had protected the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan is under investigation. Lance Cpl. Hunter Clark attended a Save America Rally last week and now could see consequences for potentially breaking the military's rules.

A Border Patrol union said the federal government is outlining a series of steps to compel agents to get vaccinated or face termination. According to Breitbart on Thursday, the National Border Patrol Council said it was informed of the steps through the Office of Personnel Management.

One student has been taken into custody after police responded to reports of an active shooting at a school in Texas. Multiple agencies arrived to the school in southwest Houston on Friday, where they say a male sustained a gunshot wound to the back and has been taken to the hospital in serious condition.

Friday marks four years since the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history where a single gunman opened fire upon concert goers on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 60 people. The Route 91 remembrance events commenced at sunrise in Las Vegas on Friday at the Clark County Government Center. Sheriff Joe Lombardo officiated the event.

By Lewis Krauskopf and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co's experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday,

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party on Friday endorsed a university rector to run for president in a contest to be held in tandem with a parliamentary election aimed at building a

The Supreme Court agreed to review a legal challenge on campaign finance rules brought on by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). According to reports, federal election law set a $250,000 cap on campaign committee's ability to repay personal loans made by a candidate following an election.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has urged the state legislature to strengthen the penalties for illegal voting. In a message to Texas Secretary of State Patsy Spaw on Thursday, Abbott called on state lawmakers to pass legislation to increase penalties for illegal voting.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's conditions for raising interest rates could be met by the end of 2022, Cleveland Fed Bank President Loretta Mester said on Friday, adding that she expects

49 Republican lawmakers helped pass a portion of Joe Biden's resettlement program for Afghans. 34 House Republicans and 15 Senate Republicans voted with Democrats on Thursday to approve $6.4 billion for welfare, driver's licenses and housing costs for the 95,000 Afghans Biden has planned to bring to the U.S. over the next 12 months.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is pressing major U.S. airlines to mandate coronavirus vaccines for employees by Dec. 8 and showing no signs of extending the deadline, four

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said on Friday it had added 21 new members as part of its efforts to diversify the ranks of the organization that hands out the Golden

For the first time in six years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public safety alert after agents arrested more than 800 people and seized 1.8 million counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl. Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco and DEA Administrator Annie Milgram announced along with the synthetic pills, 712 kilograms of fentanyl powder and 158 weapons were also seized.

A Black high school student in Missouri admitted to writing a racist graffiti message on the walls of several bathrooms. The student at Parkway Central High School confessed earlier this week that he wrote racial slurs in several bathrooms of the school.

Iran state-affiliated media recently promoted a video of Kamala Harris applauding a student who accused Israel of "ethnic genocide" against Palestinians. On Thursday, Press TV tweeted a dialogue between Harris and a female student at Virginia's George Mason University earlier this week.

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. national security advisers will gather officials from 30 countries this month with plans to combat the growing threat of ransomware

Democrat Education Secretary Miguel Cardona claimed parents should not be the primary stakeholders of their children's education. On Thursday, Cardona testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee about school reopenings.