Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Wall St opens higher as travel stocks rally on vaccine roll-out
(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday as travel stocks surged on the launch of a nationwide COVID-19 vaccine campaign, while Alexion Pharmaceuticals jumped following a bumper ...
Dec 14, 2020
Mexico says Pfizer vaccine doses could arrive in 5-8 days
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will this Monday put in an order for COVID-19 vaccine doses from U.S. pharmaceutical firm Pfizer, which could arrive in roughly a week, Deputy Foreign Minister Martha De...
Dec 14, 2020
Tech giants could be fined 10% of turnover for breaching EU rules -EU source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Tech giants which control access and data to their platforms will face fines of up to 10% of their annual turnover for violations under draft EU rules to be announced on Tuesday, ...
Dec 14, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. condemns 'unjust, barbaric' execution of Iranian journalist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States strongly condemned Iran's 'unjust, barbaric" execution of Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was...
Dec 14, 2020
Queues form outside Milan food banks as crisis bites ahead of Christmas
By Alex Fraser MILAN (Reuters) - Long queues have been forming outside food banks and help centres in Italy's financial capital Milan as the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus has deepened...
Dec 14, 2020
Fourth body found in burned migrant squat near Barcelona
MADRID (Reuters) - A fourth victim was found dead in the charred remains of an abandoned warehouse used as a squat by migrants, which burned down last week in a Barcelona suburb, firefighters said on ...
Dec 14, 2020
Codagenix, Serum Institute to begin UK trials of nasal COVID-19 vaccine in January
(Reuters) - Codagenix Inc and India's Serum Institute said on Monday they have received regulatory approval in the United Kingdom to begin an early-stage trial of their single-dose, intranasal COVID-1...
Dec 14, 2020
New York hospital administers state's first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - New York State began on Monday administering COVID-19 vaccine to health care workers, marking a pivotal turn in the nation's effort to curb the deadly virus. Intensive Care Unit nurse Sand...
Dec 14, 2020
Exxon Mobil plans to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2025
(Reuters) -Oil major Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday it planned to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years to support the goals of the Paris Agreement. The world's top oil and gas...
Dec 14, 2020
First COVID-19 vaccines to be administered in the U.S. with more doses on the way
By Lisa Lambert and Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Select hospitals will administer the first innoculations in the United States of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside trial on Monda...
Dec 14, 2020
