Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pfizer in vaccine supply talks with India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pfizer is in discussions with India and committed to make its COVID-19 vaccine available for deployment in the country, the U.S. drugmaker said on Thursday. The company said it h...
Apr 22, 2021
Germany wants to buy up to 30 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany wants to buy up to a total 30 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in June, July and August as long as the European drugs regulator gives the shot the green ...
Apr 22, 2021
Three prefectures around Tokyo to request COVID state of emergency: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Three prefectures neighbouring Tokyo will request a renewed state of emergency to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. The governors of Saita...
Apr 22, 2021
Soccer-Premier League tells Big Six execs to leave committees: Sky Sports
(Reuters) - The Premier League has told executives from the clubs involved in the breakaway European Super League to step down from key committees or risk being "forcibly removed", British media repor...
Apr 22, 2021
Tokyo Olympic torch staffer becomes event's 1st COVID-19 infection
TOKYO (Reuters) - A police officer helping with Japan's Olympic Torch relay has become the first participant in the event to be diagnosed with COVID-19, organisers said on Thursday. A man in his 30s t...
Apr 22, 2021
Huge global disparities in electric car ownership - study
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - Europe and China dominate the world market for electric cars, but there are still very few electrified vehicles on the roads in large markets like Russia, South Americ...
Apr 22, 2021
NATO to hold summit in bid to repair U.S. ties amid Russia tensions
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The NATO military alliance will hold a summit on June 14 in Brussels, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, in the hope of repairing transatlantic t...
Apr 22, 2021
Egypt to produce Russia's Sputnik V, rollout expected in Q3: statement
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Egyptian pharmaceutical firm Minapharm has agreed to produce more than 40 million doses a year of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), ...
Apr 22, 2021
France warns Russia of sanctions if Kremlin critic Navalny dies
PARIS (Reuters) -France's foreign minister told Russia on Thursday that the European Union would hold President Vladimir Putin and Russian authorities responsible if hunger-striking Kremlin critic Ale...
Apr 22, 2021
'Pervasive racism' meant UK's Black and Asian troops not commemorated: report
LONDON (Reuters) - As many as 350,000 Black and Asian service personnel who died fighting for Britain might not have been properly commemorated because of "pervasive racism", a report concluded on Thu...
Apr 22, 2021
