Author Archives: Syndicated Content
mRNA vaccines spur lymph nodes for longer-term protection; COVID-19 test accuracy may vary by time of day
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Mar 15, 2021
Portugal's top court rejects bill to legalise euthanasia
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Constitutional Court on Monday rejected as unconstitutional a bill approved by parliament earlier this year to allow terminally ill patients to seek assistance from a doc...
Mar 15, 2021
Rockets hit Iraqi military base, security officials say
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - At least five rockets hit the Iraqi military air base of Balad north of Baghdad on Monday, without causing casualties, Iraqi security officials said. The officials said two mo...
Mar 15, 2021
Factbox: Countries suspending AstraZeneca's vaccine after blood clot reports
(Reuters) - Several countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after reports of blood clots in people who have received the shot even as the World Health Organization appealed ...
Mar 15, 2021
Brazil eyes July for full local production of AstraZeneca vaccine
By Rodrigo Viga RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil could begin full production of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine by July if regulators allow, an official at biomedical center Fiocruz said, moving u...
Mar 15, 2021
Bank of Portugal governor expects banking M&A as natural step
By Sergio Goncalves and Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) - Mergers and acquisitions are a "natural" next step for Portuguese banks pressured by record low interest rates, Bank of Portugal Governor Mario...
Mar 15, 2021
England removes Portugal from travel red-list, lifts flight ban
LONDON (Reuters) - Portugal has been removed from England's travel red-list, Britain's department for transport said on Monday, adding that a ban on flights had also been lifted as it was confident th...
Mar 15, 2021
EU launches legal case against Britain over Northern Ireland
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union launched legal action against Britain on Monday for unilaterally changing trading arrangements for Northern Ireland that Brussels says brea...
Mar 15, 2021
Immigration raids sweep Mexico as Central American exit grows under Biden
By Lizbeth Diaz and Laura Gottesdiener APIZACO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico has stepped up immigration raids -- hauling hundreds of people off trains in recent weeks -- to stem an increase in Central Am...
Mar 15, 2021
BBVA to seek shareholders' approval to reduce capital by up to 10%
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's BBVA on Monday said it would seek the approval from its shareholders to reduce the bank's share capital up to 10% to carry out a previously announced share buy-back. "Once t...
Mar 15, 2021
