Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Indian vaccine maker Serum Institute appeals to Biden to lift embargo on raw material exports
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's biggest vaccine maker, on Friday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to lift an embargo on U.S. exports of raw materials that is hurtin...
Apr 16, 2021
India's vaccinations fall from peak as infections hit record
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's daily COVID-19 vaccinations have slowed from their record high early this month while new infections have set a record in eight of the past nine days, g...
Apr 16, 2021
Column: E-euro starts to take shape
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - The promised digital euro started to take shape this week and signals from Frankfurt may offer some relief to nervy commercial banks worried about being sidelined by t...
Apr 16, 2021
'You can't clone us': Polish doctors cry for help as COVID deaths spike
By Joanna Plucinska and Alicja Ptak KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - When the pandemic began last year, Kinga Szlachcic-Wyroba, an anaesthesiologist in the Stefan Zeromski Specialist Hospital in Krakow, Pol...
Apr 16, 2021
Opponents of Myanmar coup announce unity government
(Reuters) - Opponents of Myanmar's junta announced a National Unity Government on Friday including ousted members of parliament and leaders of anti-coup protests and ethnic minorities, saying their ai...
Apr 16, 2021
Japan vaccine chief confirms PM Suga call with Pfizer CEO
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will hold a "courtesy call" with the head of Pfizer Inc on Saturday, Japan's vaccine minister confirmed. Suga is currently on a state visit to ...
Apr 16, 2021
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces 12 months in prison for unauthorised assembly
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai will serve 12 months in prison for taking part in an unauthorised assembly during the 2019 mass pro-democracy protests in the Chinese-ruled finan...
Apr 16, 2021
No decision made yet on future contracts with AZ, J&J, French minister says
PARIS (Reuters) - No decision has been made yet on whether the European Union should sign new contracts for COVID-19 vaccines with AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, a French junior industry minister ...
Apr 16, 2021
Belgium's KBC plots Irish exit with Bank of Ireland deal
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Belgian financial group KBC could become the latest lender to leave the Irish market after it entered an agreement with Bank of Ireland on Friday to explore the sa...
Apr 16, 2021
WHO chief says COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest of pandemic so far
GENEVA (Reuters) -The number of new COVID-19 cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate seen so far during the pandemic, the head of the World He...
Apr 16, 2021
