Author Archives: Syndicated Content
There are 4,000 variants of virus that causes COVID-19, UK minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - There are around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 around the world now so all vaccine manufacturers including Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca Plc are trying to improve th...
Feb 04, 2021
Rival communist faction calls national strike in Nepal to turn up heat on premier
By Gopal Sharma and Navesh Chitrakar KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A faction of Nepal's ruling communist party declared a nationwide strike on Thursday to ramp up opposition against Prime Minister K.P. Sharma...
Feb 04, 2021
Netanyahu postpones UAE, Bahrain trip due to COVID-19 lockdown
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he was postponing a trip planned next week to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain due to Israel's COVID-19 lockdown. "...
Feb 04, 2021
Greek PM defends centralized EU vaccine purchasing
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended a decision to coordinate EU member states' vaccine purchases through the European Commission, saying the bloc's smaller countries w...
Feb 04, 2021
Shell profit drops to 20-year low in 2020, raises dividend
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell's 2020 profit dropped to its lowest in at least two decades as the pandemic hit energy consumption but the company boosted its dividend again in a sign of confiden...
Feb 04, 2021
China administered 31.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for key groups as of February 3
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has administered 31.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for key groups of people as of Feb. 3, Mi Feng, spokesman for the National Health Commission, said at a media briefin...
Feb 04, 2021
Unilever underlying sales rose 3.5% in last quarter
(Reuters) - Consumer goods giant Unilever on Thursday reported underlying sales growth for the fourth quarter that was in line with estimates, buoyed by strong demand in emerging markets. Underlying s...
Feb 04, 2021
Turned down 800 times: foreign graduate's German dream shattered as COVID hits jobs
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - When Abdul Kader Tizini graduated with a master's degree in mechanical engineering from RWTH Aachen, one of Germany's top technical universities, he thought it wou...
Feb 04, 2021
NBA roundup: Paul George knocks down 32 in Clippers' win
Paul George shot 8-for-9 from 3-point range and scored 36 points to lead the visiting Los Angeles Clippers to a 121-99 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. Kawhi Leonard scored 24 p...
Feb 04, 2021
Austerity is the wrong choice - German Finance Minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German parliament must decide in coming days how to finance continuing measures to soften the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said when asked if...
Feb 04, 2021
