Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan to buy 145 million Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines for 4th shots -Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to buy a combined 145 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines with an eye to rolling out a fourth shot, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2022
COVID curbs bite at Chinese ports, threatening global supply chains
By Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The queues of container ships outside major Chinese ports are lengthening by the day as COVID-19 outbreaks in manufacturing export hubs threaten to unleash a fresh w...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2022
Golf-Norman says Saudi-backed breakaway league set to launch
(Reuters) - Greg Norman, the frontman for the proposed Super Golf League (SGL), says the Saudi-backed competition is launching and will announce its first events later on Wednesday. In a letter to pla...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2022
Analysis-China's COVID governance under pressure as Omicron spreads
By Ryan Woo, Roxanne Liu and David Stanway BEIJING (Reuters) - China's public health governance is expected to come under acute pressure in coming weeks as the biggest wave of COVID-19 cases since the...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2022
Malaysia's AirAsia X completes debt restructure, to write back nearly $8 billion to profit
(Reuters) - Malaysia's Airasia X (AAX) said on Wednesday it had completed its debt restructuring, and will write 33 billion ringgit ($7.86 billion) back to profits in the next quarter. Under the airli...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2022
N.Korea courts disaster with missile tests from international airport
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's decision to use the international airport near its capital city as a site for test-firing large missiles is "absolutely bonkers" and may be a way for lead...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2022
BMW cuts 2022 profit forecast for car segment due to Ukraine war
BERLIN (Reuters) - BMW lowered its profit margin expectations for its automotive segment for 2022 due to the war in Ukraine, the German carmaker said on Wednesday. BMW Group now predicts growth of ear...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2022
Moscow to retaliate against Montenegro over expulsion of Russian diplomat -RIA
(Reuters) - Russia will respond to Montenegro's decision to declare a Russian diplomat persona non grata, Yuri Pilipson, director of the Fourth European department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, was...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2022
Europe begins reviewing application for AstraZeneca COVID drug
(Reuters) - Europe's drug regulator said on Tuesday it had begun reviewing AstraZeneca Plc's application for antibody-based COVID-19 therapy, a key step towards approval of the treatment in the region...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2022
Exclusive: Tesla stops work at Shanghai factory for two days amid China COVID curbs - internal notice
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Electric vehicle giant Tesla is suspending production at its Shanghai factory for two days, according to a notice sent internally and to suppliers, as China tightens COVID restric...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2022
