Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU says pandemic disproportionately affects women, especially in frontline jobs
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters)M - Women in European Union countries have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic because they make up the vast majority of workers in hea...
Mar 05, 2021
Upstream tailings dams pose much higher stability risks, study finds
By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis (Reuters) - The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings facility, a global study showed on Friday, highlig...
Mar 05, 2021
Austrian panel recommends AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot for over-65s: APA
VIENNA (Reuters) - A panel of experts that advises Austria's government on vaccines recommended on Friday that AstraZeneca's coronavirus jab be given to people over 65, Austrian news agency APA said. ...
Mar 05, 2021
Column: Alarm bells ring again for emerging debt
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - Even if the pandemic-related debt explosion can be managed by the world's biggest economies, last week's bond market ruckus put large swathes of the developing world o...
Mar 05, 2021
UK COVID-19 trial finds no benefit of gout drug in hospitalised adults
(Reuters) - A large British trial has halted enrolments to test gout drug colchicine as a potential treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, after a sub-study of the trial found that the med...
Mar 05, 2021
Germany has so far had no reason to stop vaccine shipments: health minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday that drug manufacturers must honour vaccine supply contracts to Europe, but said Germany had not yet had any reason to stop shipment...
Mar 05, 2021
Volkswagen core brand to accelerate electric vehicle shift
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen's namesake brand plans to more than double the share fully electric vehicles have in total European sales by 2030, the company said on Friday, in a bid to accelerate t...
Mar 05, 2021
Saudi-led coalition says intercepts second Houthi drone fired at Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen said it destroyed a second armed drone fired towards Khamis Mushait in the south of Saudi Arabia on Friday, in a statement car...
Mar 05, 2021
Dassault to unveil details of new business jet
PARIS (Reuters) - Dassault Aviation expects to deliver the first Falcon 6X business jet at the end of 2022 and to make an announcement on Future Falcon, its other initiative to refresh its civil line-...
Mar 05, 2021
WHO sees Ebola risk as "very high" for Guinea's neighbours
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Health Organization officials said on Friday the risk of an Ebola outbreak spreading to Guinea's neighbours was "very high" and that some of those countries were not prepared ...
Mar 05, 2021
