Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Every week counts' as Austria, Greece, Denmark seek quick EU OK for AstraZeneca vaccine: Kurz
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria, Greece and Denmark will jointly pressure the European Medicines Agency to approve AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as quickly as possible, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz ...
Jan 18, 2021
Thai private hospitals reserve COVID-19 vaccines ahead of approval
By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two private hospitals in Thailand have ordered millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines ahead of regulatory approval, adding to government orders of vaccine...
Jan 18, 2021
German economy at risk of 'sizeable setback' if curbs extended: Bundesbank
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The German economy is managing to stay afloat but could suffer a "sizeable setback" if coronavirus curbs are extended again, the Bundesbank said on Monday. Germany has taken incr...
Jan 18, 2021
Exclusive: Southeast Asia's Grab considering U.S. IPO this year, sources say
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery giant Grab is exploring a listing in the United States this year, encouraged by robust investor appetite for initi...
Jan 18, 2021
'Brexit carnage": shellfish lorries stack up near Downing Street
LONDON (Reuters) - At least 10 shellfish lorries parked on roads near Number 10 Downing Street and the British parliament in central london on Monday after a series of problems exporting fish to the E...
Jan 18, 2021
China's retrieved lunar samples weigh less than targeted
BEIJING (Reuters) - Lunar rocks retrieved by a historic Chinese mission to the moon weighed less than initially targeted, but China is still willing to study the samples with foreign scientists, the m...
Jan 18, 2021
New CDU leader lags Bavarian premier in race to succeed Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Armin Laschet, the new leader of Germany's Christian Democrats, has yet to convince voters he would be a better choice than Bavarian premier Markus Soeder to succeed Chancellor Ange...
Jan 18, 2021
Young, female and fighting corruption, a Somali lawmaker defends her seat
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Amina Mohamed Abdi was just 24 when she first stood for Somalia's parliament in 2012, defeating two other candidates to win a seat reserved for women and defying e...
Jan 18, 2021
World is on the brink of a 'catastrophic moral failure' on vaccines: WHO chief
GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the world was on the brink of a "catastrophic moral failure" on distributing vaccines, urging countries and manufacture...
Jan 18, 2021
Amazon to open two new hubs in Italy this year
MILAN (Reuters) - Amazon will open two new logistics centres in Italy this year, investing over 230 million euros ($278 million), the world's largest online retailer said on Monday. With the two new h...
Jan 18, 2021
