Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Czech Republic's coronavirus cases surpass 1 million
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Nearly one in 10 people in the Czech Republic have been infected by the coronavirus, data showed on Wednesday, as the total number of cases surpassed 1 million in one of the countri...
Feb 03, 2021
Toyota aims to build record 9.2 million vehicles this year: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp plans record high global production of 9.2 million vehicles this year, up about 2% from 2019's pre-coronavirus output, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Frid...
Feb 03, 2021
South Korea urges U.S. flexibility on sanctions to restart North Korea talks
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States should flexibly enforce sanctions aimed at curbing Pyongyang's nuclear programmes to revive denuclearisation talks, South Korea's point man on North...
Feb 03, 2021
UK economy set for first-quarter hit but vaccines are raising recovery hopes: PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's third national coronavirus lockdown has put the economy on course for a sharp contraction in early 2021, but services companies - buoyed by progress on vaccinations - are ...
Feb 03, 2021
Ireland wants flexibility for Northern Ireland Brexit grace periods
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland wants the European Union to be flexible regarding any possible extension of grace periods for checks on goods going between Britain and Northern Ireland, Irish Foreign Minis...
Feb 03, 2021
Thailand's Phuket plans private vaccination drive, aims for October reopening
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's resort island of Phuket is planning private coronavirus vaccinations for 250,000 residents in the hope the government wil...
Feb 03, 2021
Italy's president calls in Draghi, political parties hesitate
By Crispian Balmer and Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) - Italian President Sergio Mattarella looks set to ask former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi to form a government of national unity to t...
Feb 03, 2021
GameStop, AMC tumble as retail trading mania cools
(Reuters) - Shares of videogame retailer GameStop Corp and movie theater operator AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc lost 15% and 13.2%, respectively, in early U.S. pre-market trading on Wednesday as a so...
Feb 03, 2021
Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to seek India approval by March
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd will seek emergency-use authorisation for Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine by next month, a company official said on ...
Feb 03, 2021
Euro zone downturn deepened in Jan as lockdowns weighed: PMI
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone's economic downturn deepened in January as renewed restrictions to quell the spread of the coronavirus hit the bloc's dominant service industry hard,...
Feb 03, 2021
