Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil grants full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian health regulator Anvisa has granted full approval to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and Germany's BioNTech SE, the agency said in a Tuesday statement. That ...
Feb 23, 2021
Thailand plans $5.4 billion of public-private projects this year
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans 163 billion baht ($5.43 billion) of public-private infrastructure projects this year, a finance ministry official said on Tuesday, as the government tries to invest ...
Feb 23, 2021
Iran says it hopes South Korea, Japan will release $1 billion in blocked funds
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran expressed hope on Tuesday that South Korea and Japan would agree to release about $1 billion of Iranian funds frozen in the two countries because of U.S. sanctions, but South Ko...
Feb 23, 2021
Greek doctors protest 'suffocating' conditions at COVID-19 clinics
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek hospital doctors went on a day-long strike on Tuesday and dozens marched in Athens to protest "suffocating" conditions at hospitals on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemi...
Feb 23, 2021
Airbus, Boeing face cancellations in Norwegian restructuring: sources
PARIS (Reuters) - Planemakers Airbus and Boeing are bracing for some jet order cancellations from troubled Norwegian Air amid restructuring proceedings, industry sources said. Norwegian last year won ...
Feb 23, 2021
Battered stones of Jerusalem's Western Wall get the full treatment
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The ancient stones that make up Jerusalem's Western Wall are showing the scars of weathering from two millennia of scorching sunlight and driving rain. To stop them getting worse...
Feb 23, 2021
Spirit AeroSystems posts quarterly loss on fewer aircraft part shipments
(Reuters) - Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc reported a quarterly loss on Tuesday, hurt by fewer aircraft part shipments to top customers Boeing Co and Airbus SE following a slump in demand for air tra...
Feb 23, 2021
Hungary to start administering Sinopharm vaccine on Wednesday
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will on Wednesday become the first European Union country to start inoculating people with Chinese company Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine. The government said on its coronav...
Feb 23, 2021
Fauci says he sees U.S. CDC relaxing some COVID-19 guidelines soon: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. infectious disease official Anthony Fauci on Tuesday told CNN that he expects the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to soon relax some COVID-19 recommenda...
Feb 23, 2021
Halep pulls out of Qatar Open
(Reuters) - World number three Simona Halep has withdrawn from next week's Qatar Open in Doha, the organisers of the WTA 500 tournament announced on Tuesday. Halep, who lost in straight sets to Serena...
Feb 23, 2021
