Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan to get first batches of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from U.S.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's first doses of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine are coming from plants in the United States, the company said in an interview with the Asahi Newspaper. The company had inte...
Mar 31, 2021
Brazil's Anvisa rejects bid to import Bharat Biotech vaccine
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on Wednesday rejected a request from the government to import doses of Covaxin, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Indian laboratory Bharat Biote...
Mar 31, 2021
Georgia state overhauls citizen arrest law following Ahmaud Arbery's death
(Adds missing word in third paragraph to read Georgia General Assembly) By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) -Georgia overhauled a Civil War-era law Wednesday that allowed residents to arrest anyone they s...
Mar 31, 2021
Global aviation industry seeks share of U.S. infrastructure package
(Reuters) - Global aviation companies made a plea on Wednesday for funding under a roughly $2 trillion U.S. infrastructure package proposed by President Joe Biden to revamp the economy, saying a cycle...
Mar 31, 2021
Analysis: Biden infrastructure plan bets big on U.S. return to mass transit after COVID-19
By David Shepardson and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's sweeping $2.3 trillion plan to rebuild America's crumbling infrastructure proposes doubling federal funding fo...
Mar 31, 2021
U.S. FAA approves design of 737 MAX 8200 variant
(Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it had approved the design for the Boeing 737-8200, part of the Boeing 737 MAX series. The FAA said the 737-8200 incorporates all of t...
Mar 31, 2021
North Korea's Kim renews call for rapid housing construction - KCNA
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has paid his second visit in a week to one of the sites of his ambitious project to build 50,000 new apartments in Pyongyang, and called...
Mar 31, 2021
U.N. special envoy tells Security Council to act to avoid 'bloodbath' in Myanmar
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Nations special envoy on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener told a session of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that "a bloodbath is imminent" becaus...
Mar 31, 2021
Softbank Corp says new CEO to buy 20 billion yen of company shares
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Softbank Corp said its newly-appointed Chief Executive Junichi Miyakawa was buying 20 billion yen $180.55 million) worth of the company's shares. SoftBank will provide financ...
Mar 31, 2021
Pfizer hits March target to produce 120 million COVID-19 shots for U.S.
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc on Wednesday said it has produced 120 million doses of its COVID-19 shot for the United States that have been cleared for use by regulators, in keeping with gu...
Mar 31, 2021
