Author Archives: Syndicated Content
BioNTech investor, amid worry over shortage, vows vaccines to be delivered for second shot
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European countries should use all available vaccine doses provided by biotech firm BioNTech and its partner Pfizer because there will be enough for the requisite second booster s...
Jan 21, 2021
Sequoia Holdings says employees can draw part of salary in cryptocurrencies
(Reuters) - Software development services provider Sequoia Holdings LLC said on Thursday its employees can now receive a part of their salary in cryptocurrencies, should they choose to. Under the new ...
Jan 21, 2021
EU states must recognise Guaido as Venezuela's leader, EU lawmakers to say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament will call on European Union governments to recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president, according to a draft resolution set to be agreed on Thur...
Jan 21, 2021
Portugal shuts schools as COVID-19 cases, deaths soar
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's schools and universities will close doors for at least 15 days, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Thursday as authorities scrambled to tackle the country's worst outbr...
Jan 21, 2021
Earthquake rattles Cyprus, no immediate reports of damage
NICOSIA (Reuters) - An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.3 rattled Cyprus on Thursday, witnesses said, with no immediate reports of damage. The tremor occurred at around 1427 GMT and was fel...
Jan 21, 2021
ECB'S Lagarde wishes 'smart and inclusive' Yellen success as U.S. Treasury Secretary
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Thursday welcomed what she predicted would be "smart and inclusive" leadership of the U.S. economy under Treasury Secretary-d...
Jan 21, 2021
Bosnia to order Russian, Chinese vaccines ahead of COVAX, EU deliveries
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia plans to order Russian and Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines fearing that deliveries ordered under the COVAX scheme for poor countries and from the European Union will be t...
Jan 21, 2021
Journalist shot dead in Ethiopia's Tigray: aid worker, residents
NAIROBI (Reuters) - An Ethiopian journalist and his friend have been shot dead by an unidentified person in the northern Tigray region's capital Mekelle, an aid worker and a resident said on Thursday....
Jan 21, 2021
Column: Can Biden transform the U.S. energy system? - John Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. presidential transitions have all the elements of a great news story: people, drama, timeliness, conflict and consequences. But energy systems are mostly shaped by...
Jan 21, 2021
Southwest Airlines to vaccinate employees against COVID-19 for free
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co said on Thursday it would vaccinate its employees against COVID-19 for free once a vaccine has been made widely available in the United States. The airline said its e...
Jan 21, 2021
