Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU regulator to probe ethical standards of Sputnik vaccine trials: FT
(Reuters) - The EU drug regulator will begin investigations next week on whether clinical trials of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine followed global clinical and scientific guidelines, the Financia...
Apr 06, 2021
Analysis: Even as it tapers, BOJ invents new weapon to stimulate growth
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - A largely overlooked scheme created by the Bank of Japan to mitigate the drawbacks of its massive stimulus programme may become the central bank's new weapon to stimu...
Apr 06, 2021
China's electric scooter maker Niu launches kick-scooter models
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's electric scooter maker Niu Technologies said on Wednesday it would roll out its first kick-scooter model in the United States and Europe and four electric bike models as it...
Apr 06, 2021
India reports record 115,736 new COVID-19 infections
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India reported a record 115,736 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking the total to 12.80 million, data from the health ministry showed. Deaths rose by 630 to 166,177. (...
Apr 06, 2021
Malaysia ex-PM Najib served with bankruptcy notice over $400 million tax bill
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak has been served with a bankruptcy notice for failing to pay more than $400 million in unpaid taxes, a move that the ex-premier des...
Apr 06, 2021
Citibank files wind up applications for GFG Australian assets
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Citibank N.A. has lodged an application with Australia's Supreme Court of New South Wales to wind up two businesses run by Indian-British steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta as part of i...
Apr 06, 2021
Timeline: Australia's COVID-19 vaccine plan mired in European back-and-forth
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday the European Union asked it to withdraw export permit applications for exports of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, and its denial that it blocked shipment...
Apr 06, 2021
Toshiba gets proposal to go private in $20 billion deal - source
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is proposing taking Toshiba Corp private in a deal worth about $20 billion, a person familiar with the matter said, as the ...
Apr 06, 2021
Japan not in talks with U.S. on possible Beijing Olympics boycott: government spokesman
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is not in talks with the United States on a possible boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, top government spokesman, Katsunobu Kato, said on Wednesday. The United States on T...
Apr 06, 2021
Florida evacuations order lifted as danger from leaky wastewater reservoir fades
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Evacuation orders were lifted on Tuesday for hundreds of residents near Tampa Bay in Florida as crews relieved pressure on the containment wall surrounding a leaky wastewat...
Apr 06, 2021
