Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Antibiotics in development not enough to tackle 'superbugs': WHO
(Reuters) - None of the 43 antibiotics currently in development as well as recently approved medicines are enough to combat the increasing emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance, the World H...
Apr 15, 2021
Carbon tax could help Asian countries hit climate targets: IMF
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A carbon price that starts low and rises steadily could help Asian countries reach their targets under the Paris climate accord over the next decade, the head o...
Apr 15, 2021
WHO expects to give info about emergency listing for Chinese vaccines soon
ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization will likely issue an update in April or May as it reviews vaccines from Sinopharm and Sinovac that are now being considered for emergency use listing, ...
Apr 15, 2021
Exclusive: Biden to bar U.S. banks from issuing Russian sovereign debt
By Arshad Mohammed (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Thursday authorizing the U.S. government to sanction any sector of the Russian economy and will use it to restrict R...
Apr 15, 2021
U.S.'s Blinken flies to Afghanistan in show of support after NATO visit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken flew to Kabul on Thursday, a day after attending a NATO meeting in Brussels, to show support following the announcement of the withdrawal of...
Apr 15, 2021
Businesses urge EU and Britain to link their carbon markets
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Energy firms, businesses and traders from the European Union and Britain on Thursday urged the two sides to link their carbon markets, a move they said would help t...
Apr 15, 2021
Africa CDC says cannot predict when second COVID-19 shots will arrive
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Many Africans who have received their first COVID-19 vaccine do not know when they will get a second shot because deliveries are delayed, the continent's top public health official...
Apr 15, 2021
Exclusive: From remote part of India, Myanmar's ousted lawmakers work on challenging junta
By Devjyot Ghoshal (Reuters) - In a spartan hillside room in India furnished only with a thin sleeping mat, the Myanmar member of parliament spends much of his days attentively listening to Zoom confe...
Apr 15, 2021
Tensions rise within Biden administration as migrant kids crowd shelters
By Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top aides to President Joe Biden are ramping up pressure on the agency that shelters thousands of unaccompanied m...
Apr 15, 2021
China's Geely targets slice of premium electric car market with 'startup' brand Zeekr
NINGBO, China/BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese automaker Geely, owner of Volvo Cars, on Thursday launched a high-end electric vehicle (EV) brand named Zeekr, targeting China's growing appetite for premium E...
Apr 15, 2021
