Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China reports African swine fever outbreak in Xinjiang
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported an outbreak of African swine fever in Xinjiang region, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. The outbreak occurred on a farm of Xinjiang Production and Construct...
Apr 05, 2021
Crews scramble to drain waste water reservoir on brink of collapse in Tampa Bay
(Reuters) -Crews were working around the clock on Monday to prevent the collapse of a waste water reservoir's leaky containment wall near Tampa Bay, Florida, making steady progress after officials war...
Apr 05, 2021
Venezuela doctors and scientists urge COVID-19 vaccination progress as cases spike
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's main academies of medicine and science on Monday urged renewed efforts to vaccinate the South American nation's population against the coronavirus amid a spike in infec...
Apr 05, 2021
Pfizer says working on new COVID-19 vaccine supply deal to Israel
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Pfizer said on Monday it was working on a new deal to supply COVID-19 vaccines to Israel after an initial supply agreement forged in late 2020 has ended. Pfizer ...
Apr 05, 2021
UK records 26 COVID deaths, 2,762 new cases
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom recorded a further 26 deaths from COVID-19 and 2,762 new cases, according to daily official data released on Monday. Both marked a rise from the figures released ...
Apr 05, 2021
U.S. Treasury's Yellen calls for global minimum corporate tax
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday that she is working with G20 countries to agree on a global corporate minimum tax rate to end a "30-year race to the bottom o...
Apr 05, 2021
Stocks draw the news but housing remains the preferred investment: NY Fed
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The breakout of Bitcoin and meme stocks may have captured the headlines during the pandemic, but people still see buying a primary residence as a better and ...
Apr 05, 2021
UK scientists say further easing of COVID rules won't overwhelm health service
LONDON (Reuters) - The next step to ease COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England is not expected to put unsustainable pressure on the health service even if it results in an uptick of COVID-19 infec...
Apr 05, 2021
World Bank chief expects G20 to extend debt payment freeze through end-2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass on Monday said he expects China, the United States and other Group of 20 major economies to extend a freeze in bilateral debt service payments...
Apr 05, 2021
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny says he has temperature and cough, some inmates may have TB
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday that he had a temperature of 38.1 degrees Celsius and a bad cough, and that three out of fifteen inmates in his prison unit had b...
Apr 05, 2021
