Author Archives: Syndicated Content
New vaccine plant in Senegal gets 75 million euros from EIB
DAKAR (Reuters) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) committed 75 million euros ($80 million) on Thursday to finance construction of a new facility in Senegal that will produce COVID-19 and other vacc...
Jun 02, 2022
EU ambassadors back sixth round of Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union diplomats gave a final approval on Thursday to the bloc's sixth round of sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine, a diplomat told Reuters. The sanctions inclu...
Jun 02, 2022
White House to pay interns for first time
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House interns will be paid for the first time, in a change designed to make its internship program more accessible to lower-income students, the Biden administration said ...
Jun 02, 2022
Soccer-UEFA to stage women's 'Finalissima' in Europe
(Reuters) - A women's 'Finalissima' between the winners of this year's Women's Euro and Copa America Femenina will be played in Europe, European soccer's governing body UEFA said on Thursday. UEFA sai...
Jun 02, 2022
Turkey's Baykar donates drone for Ukraine after Lithuanian crowdfunder
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Manufacturer Baykar and Turkey's Defence Industry Agency will donate a Bayraktar TB2 advanced combat drone to Lithuania for transfer to Ukraine, after Lithuanians ...
Jun 02, 2022
Queen Elizabeth gets Jubilee gift of a horse from France's Macron
PARIS (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth, known for her love of horses, will receive one of French President Emmanuel Macron's prize thoroughbreds as a gift to mark her 70 years on the throne, Macr...
Jun 02, 2022
Alleged spy extradited to Germany over 2017 Cold War-style abduction - prosecutor
BERLIN (Reuters) - A man suspected of involvement in the high-profile kidnapping of a Vietnamese businessman in Berlin in 2017 has been extradited to Germany from the Czech Republic, the German federa...
Jun 02, 2022
'Nein danke': Musk's office ultimatum faces pushback in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Elon Musk's demand that Tesla staff stop "phoning it in" and get back to the office got short shrift from Germany's largest trade union on Thursday. The Tesla chief executive waded ...
Jun 02, 2022
EU drugs watchdog in talks with Bavarian Nordic over wider use of smallpox vaccine
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Union's drug regulator said on Thursday it was in talks with vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic over trial data that could underpin an extension of the approved use of th...
Jun 02, 2022
European parliament bars Russian lobbyists
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian lobbyists are barred from the European Parliament, the head of the chamber said on Thursday, adding that Europe had to protect themselves from the Kremlin's influence and ...
Jun 02, 2022
