Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. regulatory panel to unveil blueprint for tackling financial climate risks
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. regulatory panel is scheduled on Thursday to unveil recommendations for ensuring the financial system can withstand risks created by climate change,...
Oct 21, 2021
'Window for action closing' - G20 urged to hike climate pledges
By Kate Abnett and Isla Binnie BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Denmark, Costa Rica, the Marshall Islands and six other countries on Thursday urged the world's biggest economies to hike their climate pledges, war...
Oct 21, 2021
Asylum seekers allege abuse by U.S. border authorities -report
By Kristina Cooke (Reuters) - U.S. asylum officers have documented dozens of incidents since 2016 of migrants alleging U.S. border agents physically abused them after they were apprehended at the U.S....
Oct 21, 2021
India's Serum could export 20-30 million vaccine doses a month to COVAX, says CEO
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's biggest maker of vaccines, could export 20 million to 30 million doses of the AstraZeneca shot to the WHO-backed global platform C...
Oct 21, 2021
Pfizer, BioNTech report high efficacy of COVID-19 booster shot in study
BERLIN (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE on Thursday said data from a Phase III trial demonstrated high efficacy of a booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine against the virus, incl...
Oct 21, 2021
Quest Diagnostics profit falls 11% on slow demand for non-COVID testing
(Reuters) - U.S. laboratory Quest Diagnostics Inc on Thursday reported a 11% fall in third-quarter profit as the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant weighed on demand for its non-coronavirus...
Oct 21, 2021
Moscow to reintroduce lockdown measures as COVID-19 cases, deaths soar
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow will reintroduce COVID-19 related lockdown measures from Oct. 28, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday, with supermarkets and pharmacies the only shops allowed to stay open...
Oct 21, 2021
UK adds nerve disorder as rare side-effect of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - The UK drug regulator added an extremely rare nerve-damaging disorder, Guillain-Barr syndrome (GBS), as a very rare side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, updates on the agency's...
Oct 21, 2021
Valero kicks off U.S. refiners' third-quarter earnings with profit
(Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp posted a quarterly profit on Thursday, compared with a year-ago loss, as a strong rebound in gasoline demand helped the refiner tide over pressure from soaring crude cos...
Oct 21, 2021
Palestinians urge PayPal to offer services in West Bank and Gaza
By Zainah El-Haroun RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian activists have accused PayPal Holdings Inc of discrimination for not allowing Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gaz...
Oct 21, 2021
