Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Month ahead will be 'infernal' in French hospitals: Paris ICU head
PARIS (Reuters) - The coming month will be "infernal" for the French hospital system due to the third wave of the COVID-19 disease, Jean-Francois Timsit, head of the intensive care unit (ICU) at a Par...
Mar 24, 2021
Activist-backed proposal for Toshiba probe received 58% of shareholder votes
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO(Reuters) - About 58% of Toshiba Corp shareholders last week voted in favour of an independent probe into allegations that investors were pressured ahead of last year's annual ...
Mar 24, 2021
India detects novel coronavirus variant
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's health ministry said on Wednesday that a novel variant of the coronavirus had been detected in the country in addition to many other variants of concern (VOCs) also found...
Mar 24, 2021
Exclusive: China's Didi leans towards New York over Hong Kong for IPO, eyeing at least $100 billion valuation - sources
By Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing is leaning toward picking New York over Hong Kong for its initial public offering IPO), eyeing a valuation of ...
Mar 24, 2021
China administered 82.85 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of March 23
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's National Health Commission said on Wednesday that a total of 82.85 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered as of Tuesday. (Reporting by Roxanne Liu and Ry...
Mar 24, 2021
Beijing district encourages residents to get COVID-19 shots with shopping coupons
BEIJING (Reuters) - Shoppers in a district of Beijing are getting discount coupons if they have received COVID-19 vaccinations, as China tries to accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination rate. Daxing distr...
Mar 24, 2021
Musk says 'can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin'
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc's Elon Musk tweeted https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1374617643446063105 on Wednesday, "you can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin." (Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru)
Mar 24, 2021
Sumo: Yokozuna Kakuryu retires after missing five straight tournaments - Kyodo
(Reuters) - Sumo grand champion Kakuryu has retired after missing five consecutive tournaments, Kyodo News reported on Wednesday, leaving Hakuho as the sport's only active yokozuna. Mongolia-born Kaku...
Mar 24, 2021
UK inflation rate unexpectedly drops in February
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer price inflation unexpectedly fell to 0.4% in February from 0.7% in January, reflecting unusual patterns of clothing discounts, official figures showed on Wednesday....
Mar 24, 2021
Poland will likely report over 29,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday: official
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will likely report over 29,000 new daily coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the prime minister's top aide Michal Dworczyk said. "We are waiting for the final data but all indica...
Mar 24, 2021
