Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Iraq signs deal to receive Russia's Sputnik V vaccine
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has signed an agreement with Russia to import 1 million doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Iraq's oil ministry said on Thursday. Iraq, which is struggling to curb the...
Mar 04, 2021
Scream, not swab: Dutch inventor hopes he discovered new COVID test
By Toby Sterling and Esther Verkaik AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch inventor has come up with what he hopes could be a potentially faster and easier method to screen for coronavirus infections. Instead ...
Mar 04, 2021
Plans to divert Belarus' oil products via Russia delayed by railway tariff row
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The start of oil products exports from Belarus via Russian ports on the Baltic Sea have been delayed due to disagreements over railway tariffs, three transport industry sources told...
Mar 04, 2021
Waive COVID vaccine patents to benefit poor nations, activists say
By Denis Balibouse GENEVA (Reuters) - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staged a protest at the World Trade Organization on Thursday against what it said was the rich world's reluctance to waive patents a...
Mar 04, 2021
WHO investigators to scrap interim report on probe of COVID-19 origins: WSJ
(Reuters) - A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent mission to China amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Wash...
Mar 04, 2021
German bank auditors say lodged Greensill Bank complaints in 2020
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The Auditing Association of German Banks registered complaints about Greensill Bank with Germany's financial watchdog BaFin in early 2020, a spokesman told Reuters on Thursday. B...
Mar 04, 2021
Slovakia to get 15,000 AstraZeneca vaccines from France: Slovak prime minister
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia will get 15,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from France, Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Thursday. Slovakia has been among the countries worst-hit by t...
Mar 04, 2021
Chevron to build California carbon capture plant with Microsoft, Schlumberger
(Reuters) - Chevron Corp is partnering with Microsoft Corp, oilfield services firm Schlumberger NV and privately held Clean Energy Systems to build a carbon capture plant in California, as the U.S. oi...
Mar 04, 2021
Global equity funds continue to see money inflows on growth hopes
(Reuters) - Global equity funds continued to witness inflows in the week ended March 3, buoyed by hopes of a faster economic recovery from the pandemic, also supported by the recent retreat in U.S Tre...
Mar 04, 2021
Icelandic fishing town casts sparkly net for Eurovision fame
By Tommy Lund (Reuters) - Icelandic town of Husavik is seeking to harness the publicity gained from Netlix' Eurovision movie with a new museum that will showcase costumes and a replica of an Elf house...
Mar 04, 2021
