Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Dufry positive about summer travel as it waits for Europe to reopen
By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Veronica Snoj (Reuters) - Swiss duty free retailer Dufry said on Thursday it sees "encouraging signs" for a pick up in foreign travel this summer after pandemic restrictio...
May 20, 2021
Spanish court rejects arrest of Polisario Front leader
By Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court rejected on Thursday a request to arrest Western Sahara's independence leader, whose admittance to a Spanish hospital last month angered Morocco, a...
May 20, 2021
France urges citizens to keep a lid on post-lockdown euphoria
PARIS (Reuters) - French officials urged citizens not to let down their guard against COVID-19, after some people responded to the easing of restrictions by staging street parties late into the night....
May 20, 2021
Kenya seeks alternatives to AZ COVID vaccine after delays
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's health ministry said it is in talks with vaccine manufacturers such as Johnson and Johnson as it seeks alternatives to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot after shipment delays o...
May 20, 2021
Israeli carrier El Al to slash jobs as deepens cost cuts
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - El Al Israel Airlines said on Thursday it was cutting 1,900 jobs as part of a broader plan to recover from the impact of COVID-19, even as its net loss narrowed ...
May 20, 2021
France on Northern Ireland protocol: flexibility, perhaps, but it stays
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Thursday that the European Union could not accept any unilateral move by Britain that threatened the integrity of the single market via the Irish border, calling it da...
May 20, 2021
Fed's Kaplan repeats call for opening QE taper debate
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan on Thursday that as the U.S. economy improves and weathers the pandemic, the U.S. central bank should move to consider reducing its s...
May 20, 2021
Google to open first physical store in New York this summer
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it would open its first physical store in New York City this summer, mirroring a retail approach that has helped Apple Inc rake in billions of dollar...
May 20, 2021
Schroders joins investor rebellion over FirstGroup deal
(Reuters) - FirstGroup's second-biggest investor Schroders said on Thursday it plans to vote against the British company's $4.6 billion sale of the North American bus businesses to private equity firm...
May 20, 2021
Brazilian drugmaker produces first batch of Russian COVID-19 vaccine
By Leonardo Benassatto GUARULHOS, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian pharmaceutical company Unio Quimica completed production of its first batch of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine with active ingredients ...
May 20, 2021
